I believe that springs are high on the list of things easy to damage by
hydrogen embrittlement. This was possibly the origin of the question.

Matthew Groves
Springfield, MO

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Chuck Ramsey  wrote:

> Yeah Adam-
> Springs are one of the things I've totally ruined too.  And your comment
> about revealing or adding pits is also
> close to my experience.  I dunno either because there was too much rust
> covering the item before I put it in
> the vinegar to do an inventory of the pits.
> chuck
>
> ________________________________________
>
> > On Jun 29, 2015, at 10:19, Chuck Ramsey  wrote:
> >
> > I still use vinegar to remove rust from tools but I love it less.  I
> believe that I have added pits to tools from prolonged
> > soaking.
>
> Dunno if I've added pits or just revealed them, but after I ruined the C
> spring on grandpa's Starrett dividers by soaking in vinegar, I'm more
> careful.
>
> Adam
>
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