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How would I make a spoon rust?
Q. I'm looking to make a spoon rust. I have a friend who has a strange joke about a rusty spoon and I'd love to give him a rusty spoon as a gift. I can't find a rusty spoon anywhere, so the next best thing is to make it rust myself ... So, How do I make my spoon rust?!
Serena S.student - Northridge, California, USA
2004
A. Rub a regular spoon for about an hour with 00 steel wool ⇦ this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] . This will embed some fine steel in the spoon surface which will rust starting with tiny spots and then spread over the surface of the spoon. Don't wash it. just dip it in a glass of water with one spoonful of common salt and half a teaspoon of vinegar ⇦in bulk on eBay or Amazon [affil links] . Set the spoon outside where the dew will keep it moist at night. Redip the spoon daily in your acidified salt water. It may take up to a couple of weeks.
James Watts- Navarre, Florida
2004
Whoever you are, I love you. My friend is almost the same thing. The "I like rusty spoons" is actually from "Salad Fingers" a badly drawn cartoon on a couple of websites. I have a friend who wants a rusty spoon as a christmas gift (please don't mention how late it is) and I have the same problem! I tried letting them sit in BLEACH for a few DAYS and absolutely nothing happened! I was expecting them to corrode to nothing. Well I wish I could find a way to EASILY rust spoons, I found this very entertaining. Byebye!
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
2007
Thank you too; my brother and I have a funny joke as well about salad fingers and I wanted to give him a rusty spoon for his birthday present. Thanks a bunch!
- Littleton, Colorado, U.S.
2007
A. Take a steel spoon rub it with 00 steel wool ⇦ this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] and dip it in acetone ⇦ this on eBay or Amazon [affil links] Warning! highly Flammable! and hey presto instant rusty spoon to make any green three fingered freak freek.
John Dyson- Stockwell, London, England
2007
Hi. You can't make a silver or silver plated spoon rust; and as you see, it's hard to make a stainless steel one rust. But I have an old copper-nickel-chrome plated STEEL spoon that rusts although I don't want it to.
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Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
October 2014
It's really funny because my friends birthday is coming up and she likes the little Mermaid; it's a joke between us. We also have a joke about Salad fingers and rusty spoons. So for her birthday I found a Little Mermaid spoon and I wanted to rust it as a joke. When I clicked on this site I expected some science website with like some scientific experiment about rusting spoons or something, so it was funny to see that people have the same joke as my friend and I. =] <3 Scarlet
Scarlet S- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
2007
HAHA you guys are awesome! same here :D I am making my boyfriend a salad fingers stuffed animal and I already have the voicebox recorded to say "hello...I like rusty spoons..he he...I like to touch Themmm" LOL! :D I can't wait until it's done! :D Let me know if you want to see it finished later lol. <3
Kristy P- OC, California, USA
2007
Wow, as soon as I read the question salad fingers popped into my head
i didn't even search the question ^_^
- san diego California
September 28, 2010
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Salad Fingers- Saladplace, Rustingtun, Spoon
October 6, 2014
My girlfriend recently confessed she has a kink for rusty spoons. As our anniversary is coming up next month, I am going to surprise her and make a few spoons up to her standard. It took a lot for her to confess this to me, so I want to make sure she knows what turns her on turns me on too. This was exactly what I was looking for - a concise and useful answer. Thank you - from both me and morgan ;)
- Kent, England
September 23, 2019
Hi Claudia. I think you submitted your posting with a fictitious name and we usually discard those because it runs counter to our mission of camaraderie and aloha ... but we went ahead and posted it anyway because everybody recognized you and Morgan from your fetish :-)
Happy anniversary!
Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
September 2019
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