I've made a huge mistake

[jmiller]

So yesterday I finally got around to organizing all my tool boxes and sorting the many containers of tooling and accessories I had lying around. I also decided to add felt to my mill box so it wasn't just bare metal.

I went to pull out a set of parallels and discovered this

I didnt give the glue enough time to cure. I barely gave it any in fact. And everything made of steel rusted that was in contact with the felt.

Cleaning all this up will be a project in of itself. Luckily I have a 5 gallon bucket of Evaporust... thats still a lot of soaking and rinsing and drying and reorganizing. Uhg.

 

[RJSakowski]

What type of glue did you use?

 

[jmiller]

What type of glue did you use?

Tacky Glue

 

[RJSakowski]

Apparently Tacky Glue is a PVA glue similar to Titebond. Titebond definitely contains water. I believe that it is slightly acidic as well. Hopefully ypu caught it in time to avoid any serious damage.

 

[Inferno]

For future reference. If one is to put unfinished, iron based, tools into a toolbox, add a desiccant to the drawer. You won't regret it.

 

[jmiller]

Ok, I'm not even upset about this. My tooling is coming out looking like a million bucks. I probably should have cleaned everything anyway.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

That sucks, never even thought of something like this happening.

 

[pontiac428]

Apparently Tacky Glue is a PVA glue similar to Titebond. Titebond definitely contains water. I believe that it is slightly acidic as well. Hopefully ypu caught it in time to avoid any serious damage.

The leaving group for the polymerization reaction is acetate as acetic acid. You can smell that and a touch of formaldehyde coming off of PVA wood glues. The formaldehyde is how you know you have acetic acid present, as the acetate may be below odor threshold. Without formaldehyde, PVA just gels up.

 

[mcostello]

An old time tip is to put camphor blocks in Your toolbox. Wonder if the top drawer is the best spot? Seems to work.

 

[pontiac428]

Ok, I'm not even upset about this. My tooling is coming out looking like a million bucks. I probably should have cleaned everything anyway.

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What did you use to clean with? That stuff looks nice and shiny...