brand new snappy sockets rusting

[DodgeMech]

so i got my guy to order me 8, 10, 11, 13, and 15 mm impact wobble 1/4 inch sockets 2 weeks ago, i got em last week, and immediately put em in my box on a cman rail i cut up....then i look at em saturday and see this...

i realize it's only surface rust, but none of my other impact sockets are rusty, and none of them cost 25 bucks each...my box doesn't really have a moisture problem, as evidenced by all my other sockets in the same drawer anyway...

not really a downer on snapon or anything here, just a lil pissed, and i wanted to show how good the cam on my phone is...

ps, the two rusting are my 8 and 10, the only ones i've used so far, and only for about 5 damned minutes...

 

[Murphy4570]

Yeah the impact sockets will do that. Coat them in oil or something to prevent rust. That's what I do.

There is definitely a fair bit of humidity or moisture in the air where you are for them to be flash rusting that fast.

 

[scaltura]

Hi

1st post !

I have a rack of deep 1/2" SO impacts 10mm to 24mm , each and everyone has done the same , best way to clean them up is a wire wheel cup on a die grinder .

I live in damp , dreech Scotland

 

[thebeekeeper1]

I'd soak them for an hour or two in Evaporust, then coat them with a rust inhibitor, or oil at a minimum.

 

[N.I.]

The black oxide or phosphate coatings do not really add any corrosion resistance on their own.

They act as an absorbant layer to hold a film of oil which prevents corrosion.

So give them a good wipe with oil or wd40, etc and they should be grand.

 

[2oolhound]

The black oxide or phosphate coatings do not really add any corrosion resistance on their own.

They act as an absorbant layer to hold a film of oil which prevents corrosion.

So give them a good wipe with oil or wd40, etc and they should be grand.

That's good info about the coating.

OP, since the 2 you used are the ones rusting so bad I'm wondering if you had something on your hands or gloves that reacted to the coating (before any oil could coat and protect them)

 

[G1GRANDEUR]

normal, I wipe down mine during cold season.

 

[tjmonsen5]

Once every few months I take all of my rusty impact sockets and attach them to my impact, and run them through an oily rag. Takes all the rust off and they look like brand new again.

 

[TheGrooveking]

Should of bought Matco.



I just had to, to counterbalance all of the Snap On comments.

TheGrooveking

 

[Zrexxer]

I'd soak them for an hour or two in Evaporust, then coat them with a rust inhibitor, or oil at a minimum.

If you soak black oxide tools in Evaporust you will have bare steel tools when you take them out.

To the OP... it's normal, wipe em off with some steel wool sprayed with WD40 or LPS.

 

[Hootbro]

If you soak black oxide tools in Evaporust you will have bare steel tools when you take them out.

To the OP... it's normal, wipe em off with some steel wool sprayed with WD40 or LPS.

+1

Black Oxide is just a control form of rust and that Evapo Rust will live up to it's name.

 

[dirtydogintex]

boy howdy....

 

[greasemonkey44]

just oil them; i spray mine with wd40 or kroil once in a while
and i wipe them off; but never scrub them in a parts washer or anything.

 

[woody 73]

When I told the GJ that my tools look like dog **** because I keep as much, grease,oil,lard,fat,wax,and what not on all my tools to keep the rust at bay members said..

"I clean my tools thirty times per day", "your tools should shine and not look like dog ****"," I polish my tools to make them smooth and glossy",
"you can see yourself in my tools","
You can eat off my tools"' etc. Blah,Blah,Blah.

Well all I can tell you is that my tools don't rust!

 

[SKAutomotive]

Mine don't do that and they have a healthy dose of grease and oil from my hands and constant use. I like using my tools and I don't like cleaning them, seems like a winning combination when it comes to stopping rust.

 

[humpdawg]

Mine don't do that and they have a healthy dose of grease and oil from my hands and constant use. I like using my tools and I don't like cleaning them, seems like a winning combination when it comes to stopping rust.

This works! Just use them.

 

[adcrawfo]

I found that if used with clean hands your fingers will soak up the light coat of oil on the socket and cause that flash rust. Had it happen at work from touching them to put in my box and not using. Got rust in the shape of my 3 finger prints in two days.


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[devilsnight]

I bought a set years ago and threw it in my box, still in the plastic wrap, when i opened em up a couple weeks later they all looked like that. haven't bought another SO socket since. I have matco, stanley, duracraft, sk, northern in my box for 10 years now and not a single one of those has rust. I guess you clean em up best you can and live with it.

 

[ash95608]

I found that if used with clean hands your fingers will soak up the light coat of oil on the socket and cause that flash rust. Had it happen at work from touching them to put in my box and not using. Got rust in the shape of my 3 finger prints in two days.


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That also happens from the sweat on your hands, since sweat has salt in it and salt is corrosive, so just wipe them down with some sort of oil product when done using them or ware rubber gloves.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

I keep a red shop towel soaked with old Hydraulic oil in a ziploc...its not dripping wet, but wet enough I can wipe things down and leave a nice film that just doesnt evaporate away.

 

[Benji]

Wipe them with ATF it will clean them and a light coat will keep them from rusting

 

[jeeper93436]

so i got my guy to order me 8, 10, 11, 13, and 15 mm impact wobble 1/4 inch sockets 2 weeks ago, i got em last week, and immediately put em in my box on a cman rail i cut up....then i look at em saturday and see this...

i realize it's only surface rust, but none of my other impact sockets are rusty, and none of them cost 25 bucks each...my box doesn't really have a moisture problem, as evidenced by all my other sockets in the same drawer anyway...

not really a downer on snapon or anything here, just a lil pissed, and i wanted to show how good the cam on my phone is...

ps, the two rusting are my 8 and 10, the only ones i've used so far, and only for about 5 damned minutes...

i have owned my set for over 9 years and have never had a problem with these swivels. i have left left out in the back of my truck and had gotton some morning dew and have gotten surface rust but has soon has i used them it doesnt show. i do use them in daily basis. matco swivels are junk pinless style, i have seen HF swivels hold better. the top of that box or whatever u put them on is also rusty, is it a SO also.

 

[dirtydogintex]

just oil them; i spray mine with wd40 or kroil once in a while
and i wipe them off; but never scrub them in a parts washer or anything.

agreed if it's a water based parts washer

disagree if it's varsol or similar hydrocarbon based parts washer.... esp if the varsol's real oily/greasy.
even though the solvent will clean the sockets, there'll still be a thin 100% coverage (inside and out) coating of oil after the sockets drip dry or are blown dry

 

[gsmornot]

When I got mine I coated them in Rem Oil (used for guns). So far no rust

 

[MattPersman]

If you don't use them they do that I have seen all the snap ons do that, once you use them a time or 2 they get oily and don't have the problem.

 

[CWP1616L]

Take some steel wool to those sockets and then oil them down with your favorite spray oil.

 

[Thunderbisciut]

http://boeshield.com/

 

[Boiler]

that rust is so light he needs no abrasives to get it off. Wet a towel with WD-40. I have one thats pretty grimy that I wipe everything off with. No rust. A light scrub with the WD-40 rag takes off flash rust too. I've cleaned up plenty of 2nd hand rust tools with it and put them in my box for years with little use and they're fine.

 

[Buckgnarly]

that rust is so light he needs no abrasives to get it off. Wet a towel with WD-40. I have one thats pretty grimy that I wipe everything off with. No rust. A light scrub with the WD-40 rag takes off flash rust too. I've cleaned up plenty of 2nd hand rust tools with it and put them in my box for years with little use and they're fine.

X2, that looks like someone breathed one them, WD and a rag takes that right off. No need to get crazy, just keep a little oil on them, especially black oxide stuff

 

[SCTony]

I haven't tried Boeshield T9 but I use something similar called CorrosionX like this and I really like it. It helps develop a nice sheen on my hand tools and helps keep them looking nice and rust free, which is needed on some things I don't use that often. I am near the coast and my tools rust pretty easily if not used frequently.

 

[Zrexxer]

X2, that looks like someone breathed one them

Hmmm, maybe he's been drooling on those new tools...

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

Get yourself an old washcloth and rub it full of Butcher's Paste floorwax. Rub down your tools, at least those that are not chromed, let them dry for 5 minutes, done. If you get on too much just rub again with another cloth...much more durable than oil, and doesn't make surface slippery...or oily.

 

[bsaint]

If they still work, then I wouldnt care too much.

 

[DodgeMech]

first off, wow, i can't believe this thread has went this far since yesterday haha

That's good info about the coating.

OP, since the 2 you used are the ones rusting so bad I'm wondering if you had something on your hands or gloves that reacted to the coating (before any oil could coat and protect them)

my hands should have only had grease on em haha

Should of bought Matco.



I just had to, to counterbalance all of the Snap On comments.

TheGrooveking

i maybe would have, but my Matco guy only shows once a month or so nowadays...

Mine don't do that and they have a healthy dose of grease and oil from my hands and constant use. I like using my tools and I don't like cleaning them, seems like a winning combination when it comes to stopping rust.

i bought these because i do need these sizes, but not in everyday use, which is why they've sat so long...

i have owned my set for over 9 years and have never had a problem with these swivels. i have left left out in the back of my truck and had gotton some morning dew and have gotten surface rust but has soon has i used them it doesnt show. i do use them in daily basis. matco swivels are junk pinless style, i have seen HF swivels hold better. the top of that box or whatever u put them on is also rusty, is it a SO also.

yeah, the paint came off the top at some point in the time of the previous owner of the box...it's a KRA5311 i got for 800 bucks...

When I got mine I coated them in Rem Oil (used for guns). So far no rust

now after all i've read here, i think i'll take and rub em off w/ some WD, then spray on the Rem Oil and let it "soak in" and hopefully the rust will go away...

Hmmm, maybe he's been drooling on those new tools...

yeah, they cost me like 125 for those 5 very small damned sockets haha...so i better like the damned things

If they still work, then I wouldnt care too much.

and they do work, but when i consider i spent on those 5 only about 25 less than i did on a set of GP 3/8's impact wobbler sockets that i've beat the hell out of and they don't rust i just gotta wonder...