What do you use to prevent your tools from rusting?
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mrholeshot
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WD40. Wipe them down, don't just spray them.
hydramatic
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Camphor...comes in block or liquid..put 1 small block in each drawer..If you don`t like the smell, use Gibbs brand rust inhibitor..Starrett makes an aerosol for tools...Marvel mystery oil is also very good..
sarel.wagner
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use them
You got that right. Have never had to worry about my tools rusting in the tool box......
These GJ tool polishers/collectors crack me up with some of their questions. Wonder if some of them even know what end of a wrench to hold....
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Thats the best way but sometimes a Impact socket may go a year without use even under professional use. In a metal building in high humidity they will begin to rust. My pliers drawers are the worst. Now that I'm retired and have given most of my tools a good cleaning they are more prone to rust. A quick wipe down with WD-40 about once a month keeps them looking good. When I have the tools out of the drawer I also spray the drawer with WD-40 to keep the tools from sticking to the liner. If I was going to store them for an extended period I'd spray them with Pam cooking spray. That stuff is a poor mans cosmoline. I use Pam from everything from storing engine blocks to keeping rubber from sticking to the quarter panels of my race car. The original not the butter flavorduse them
heelsroll
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use them
^^^^ +1
Rgrds
You got that right. Have never had to worry about my tools rusting in the tool box......
These GJ tool polishers/collectors crack me up with some of their questions. Wonder if some of them even know what end of a wrench to hold....
I know this is all in jest, but there are places where you can watch the wrench rust in front of you. I spent a year working in Miami Beach, where I provided the tools, and it was a daily battle to keep them serviceable. About 25% of my workload was maintenance on metal items, even marine grade 'stainless' would wither away. And even now, 30 miles away from the ocean, humidity is a big deal.
I may not use every tool I own every day, but every day I use some of them. I don't polish my limited-access tools, or pullers, or files and punches, but then, I don't use them all that often either.
I second the marvel mystery oil, smells better than PB B'laster.
DARKSCOPE001
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I use a damp rid container that absorbs the moisture and when I put my tools away i get a small ammount of motor oil and whipe them down as they are being put away. Granted I only do it to the tools that i had out and am putting back away but i get around to all of them evenetualy. My worst case is when my feeler guage rusted so bad the leefs rusted togeather and it left a big orange stain on my toolbox liner. I wonder if craftsman warrants tools for neglect?
THANKS
Sean Scott
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Sean Scott
Dayum, sounds like you would be better off just getting a 50 gallon drum of motor oil and storing all your hand tools in there.
mrholeshot
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You got that right. Have never had to worry about my tools rusting in the tool box......
These GJ tool polishers/collectors crack me up with some of their questions. Wonder if some of them even know what end of a wrench to hold....
Kinda of rough on a legit concern question. I've been wrenching about as long as I could I could walk. Unless you only have one of anything and only work on one type of vehicle this can be a problem in high humidity areas. If you live in Nevada or some other dry climate it isn't much of a concern. My shop was right of the ocean and it was a big concern.
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Dayum, sounds like you would be better off just getting a 50 gallon drum of motor oil and storing all your hand tools in there.
Seconded. I grew up and worked in Los Angeles for 30 years, never a spot of rust. Moved out to Boston and POW - out of nowhere, tools I hadn't used in ten years that were rust-free out west suddenly got enough surface rust in a couple weeks to actually cause minor pitting
and this was after wiping everything down a few months before the trip!As for "just use them" - that helps, sure - but in a higher humidity area, that advice really only works for shade-tree guys with smaller collections.
Solid Lifters
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Break Free and a Birchwood Casey Silicone Gun Cloth.
I also put a few of these in my tool boxes.
I also put a few of these in my tool boxes.
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MrMark
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I prefer break free too.
That gun cloth is a great idea, I am going to try that one. I have some rusting issues with pliers mainly.
Any good source for the dessicant packs?
Great ideas there.
That gun cloth is a great idea, I am going to try that one. I have some rusting issues with pliers mainly.
Any good source for the dessicant packs?
Great ideas there.
Underdog
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Fluid Film, Here in Florida with the moisture and heat this product works about the best for Me. About $9 can, napa, tractor dealers carry it.
http://www.fluid-film.com/
http://www.fluid-film.com/
Solid Lifters
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Actually, I use G96 Silicone Spray, but ran out. I just use Break Free 'cause I got plenty of the stuff.
It's great and easy to use. Just don't mix the Break Free with it. Use BF CLP to lube the joints and stuff. Use the gun cloth for the surfaces.
G96 also sell a Silicone Gun Mitt you wear on your hand. Should be easier than the cloth, but I never used it before.
I get mine from Uline, but it comes in a huge barrel. As far as a few dozen or so, I have no idea.
Bolster
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Chevron 30 weight.
Inexpensive, and won Second place in this contest...
http://www.home-machine-shop.com/Rust-Off.htm
A big raspberry to you nards and tards :tard: who answer "use 'em." Doesn't help when you live near an ocean.
Inexpensive, and won Second place in this contest...
http://www.home-machine-shop.com/Rust-Off.htm
A big raspberry to you nards and tards :tard: who answer "use 'em." Doesn't help when you live near an ocean.
MrMark
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Is that non-detergent? Where do you find it?
Bolster
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I buy mine at the local Chevron. DK abt detergent.
beelsr
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Rivethead
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amsoil mphd protector. sprays on like a brown version of wd-40 but dries and leaves a wax-like coating, sealing it from air. it wont come off unless you make it come off. i use it on my own tools and used it to protect my grandfather's tools, it works. http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/amh.aspx
sarel.wagner
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Guys, apart from the 
joking, have a look at Eezox, scientific proof and testing a number of anti corrosion products here: http://www.6mmbr.com/corrosiontest.html
Rgrds
joking, have a look at Eezox, scientific proof and testing a number of anti corrosion products here: http://www.6mmbr.com/corrosiontest.htmlRgrds
MrMark
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Breakfree faired very well in that test. Thanks for posting. I'll stick with the breakfree. Cheap and readily available and a great lubricant too.
Scout Driver
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+1 on the Fluid Film. Buy it at a John Deere dealer if you can't find it anywhere else.
Scott
Scott
johnny1290
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Good stuff. I 've been using wd40 and hosing my tools down in my 'bad' tool box.
It certainly helps but isn't perfect.
Definitely better than nothing though, my wooden box on casters got rained on and it was a swamp in there, rusted the *hell* out of anything not chromed and got the chome stuff a little too
It certainly helps but isn't perfect.
Definitely better than nothing though, my wooden box on casters got rained on and it was a swamp in there, rusted the *hell* out of anything not chromed and got the chome stuff a little too
06wt
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eezox
i cant belive only 1 guy mentioned eezox, i dont know if i have talked about it in other rust prevention threads but its what i use for rust protection on myfirearms and tools
i cant belive only 1 guy mentioned eezox, i dont know if i have talked about it in other rust prevention threads but its what i use for rust protection on myfirearms and tools
Ray-CA
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I wipe them down with either Break-Free or WD-40 before I put them away. Also, my daughter is a pharmacy tech and she sends me 5-lb boxes of the desiccant packs that are packed in all the medicines. Toss 6 or so in each drawer and change them every 6-months or so.
Ray
Ray
^^^^LPS #3 is good stuff. I spray it on my big sockets and specialty tools that don't get used often. So far, so good.
I also just recently started using Fluid Film. I sprayed my 5th wheel slider and some other points on my big truck. Coated/covered up what rust was there nicely and it doesn't really collect dust.
Hope it helps.
Eric
I also just recently started using Fluid Film. I sprayed my 5th wheel slider and some other points on my big truck. Coated/covered up what rust was there nicely and it doesn't really collect dust.
Hope it helps.
Eric
CamarosRus
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I am a FLUID-FILM dealer in Seattle area (Renton)
I stock the aeresol spray cans.........
$9.95 including tax..............
I stock the aeresol spray cans.........
$9.95 including tax..............
Solid Lifters
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http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=413498
That Eezox stuff was on sale at Midway USA, so I decided to try some.
That Eezox stuff was on sale at Midway USA, so I decided to try some.
sarel.wagner
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rayzor32
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I just wipe them down and whenever I get any dessicants I throw those in my toolbox.
devilphrog
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LPS 2 or 3 works well.
mtkst19
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christ im abut to go eezox my car after seeing the test results of the 11 weeks in 100% humidity/100 degree heat. not a spec of rust on the sheet when compared to the others.
SpiderGearsMan
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wd40 is alcohol solvent based , dries everything out - use good silicone spray or something