"Like New"

[MagnumForce]

Because they came from the factory in Elyria with the jaws and everything else red...

http://toledo.craigslist.org/tls/4704801681.html

 

[t4runner]

I have a bridge for sale if anyone is interested.

 

[ChevyEFI]

I hate spraycan rebuilds.

 

[G_P]

Haha!
I've seen a few vises like that on CL. Painted one solid color with nothing masked off and usually a bare spot on one end of the handle because they were too lazy to slide the handle a few inches and hit it again with the rattlecan.

 

[nicksnothereman]

Sounds legit. Is that a good price for a used pipe wrench...don't know. Paint gonna come off though.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Why can no one spell RIDGID!!!???!?!?!? It says it right on it!

 

[scw1991]

paint sure is good for masking cracks and abuse though

Always leery when I see a Wilton or some other vise for sale pretty cheap on CL and it's got a nice fresh coat of paint on it. You know it's probably been beat to hell.

 

[woodrail]

Why can no one spell RIDGID!!!???!?!?!? It says it right on it!

...and to complicate problems more, the company that makes the tools is "Ridge Tool"

 

[jeffmoss26]

Yeah, I never understood that one...or where they came up with the names Ridge/Ridgid. I've been using their tools my whole life!

 

[Garage Junky]

Why can no one spell RIDGID!!!???!?!?!? It says it right on it!

Huge pet peeve of mine! Maybe I'm just a spelling nazi.

 

[Leadberry]

Yeah, I never understood that one...or where they came up with the names Ridge/Ridgid. I've been using their tools my whole life!

The Ridge Tool Co was founded in North Ridgeville, OH, hence the name. Also, Ridgid is clearly a marketing attempt that plays on "rigid," meaning strong, unwavering, etc., and the company's name. I really didn't think this type of naming scheme was that uncommon in the early-to-mid 20th century.

Edit: Also, just to throw a data point out there: at one point in time, Yost did manufacture their vises with the entire thing painted, slide, jaws and all. It throws you off when you see them, but it did happen for a period of time.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Aha! Learn something every day!

 

[Herod]

"Paint it blue, call it new".

 

[MagnumForce]

Fwiw I did do a restoration of a ridgid pipe wrench that I documented in a thread here but that turned out beyond like new.

 

[catalytic]

There's a guy who did the same thing with Rigid wrenches on LA craigslist -- only difference is the LA guy didn't bother to remove the very orange drop cloth underneath them when he took the photos). For this reason, prefer my used machines with scratches around where they would touch the work...

 

[jakemac]

I hate when guys like that think that what they did is worth being rewarded with more money for the item. As far as I'm concerned he de-valued the wrenches. It makes me angry just thinking about it, and I don't even like Ridgid wrenches.

Not to blow my own horn, but yeah call me Gideon if you have to.
If you're going to bother refreshing a tool then do it right. Don't just light the fuse on a can of paint and run before the paint bomb goes off. Here's what a respectful restoration on rusty tools looks like when done.

 

[MagnumForce]

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=256423

That was the right way to do it.

 

[jakemac]

Yup.

 

[bareass172]

Anything worth doing is worth doing right... Problem is not enough people teach that anymore.

 

[CJM8515]

So how you gotta adjust them if its all painted over..idiots...