Someone explain "polished wrenches are easier to clean"

[dchawk81]

This thread just keeps getting better. An above post mentions the rougher surface may remove fibers from the cleaning cloth. Time to get out the electron microscope and examine for shop towel wear. Another mentions about greater force per unit area required due to increased surface area. Time for me to buy a load cell and check the veracity of that claim. Do I smell some engineers here. This unexpected degree of minutiae is overwhelming. LOL

Welcome to the forum, FNG.

 

[neophyte]

This thread just keeps getting better. An above post mentions the rougher surface may remove fibers from the cleaning cloth. Time to get out the electron microscope and examine for shop towel wear. Another mentions about greater force per unit area required due to increased surface area. Time for me to buy a load cell and check the veracity of that claim. Do I smell some engineers here. This unexpected degree of minutiae is overwhelming. LOL

Some wrenches have really really rough matte surfaces.
When I mentioned fibers getting removed from polishing cloths, I wasn’t referring to a few fibers.
Rough finish wrenches will tear the **** out of weak rags and shop paper towels, leaving a mess, that then absorbs and collects more oil, grease, and grime.
Even rough hard anodized surfaces will abrade cloths leaving a mess.

 

[dchawk81]

Some wrenches have really really rough matte surfaces.
When I mentioned fibers getting removed from polishing cloths, I wasn’t referring to a few fibers.
Rough finish wrenches will tear the **** out of weak rags and shop paper towels, leaving a mess, that then absorbs and collects more oil, grease, and grime.
Even rough hard anodized surfaces will abrade cloths leaving a mess.

I have some Pakistani/Indian/honestly no idea COO cheapo **** wrenches. We're talking bottom of the barrel, bought out of morbid curiosity stuff. They're rough as heck. But they still clean up fine with a rag.

Not sure what kind of wrenches you're referring to. They must be super painful to use. They'd have to be worse than what I have...and they're pretty terrible.

 

[jayemm]

Some wrenches have really really rough matte surfaces.
When I mentioned fibers getting removed from polishing cloths, I wasn’t referring to a few fibers.
Rough finish wrenches will tear the **** out of weak rags and shop paper towels, leaving a mess, that then absorbs and collects more oil, grease, and grime.
Even rough hard anodized surfaces will abrade cloths leaving a mess.

Stop. You're killing me.

 

[four.cycle]

"overwhelmed by minutiae"

that's one for the books.

 

[CS454]

This thread just keeps getting better. An above post mentions the rougher surface may remove fibers from the cleaning cloth. Time to get out the electron microscope and examine for shop towel wear. Another mentions about greater force per unit area required due to increased surface area. Time for me to buy a load cell and check the veracity of that claim. Do I smell some engineers here. This unexpected degree of minutiae is overwhelming. LOL

HIGH SPEED

low drag

- Tactical wrench sanitation operator

 

[CS454]

I always imagined if a wrench was dipped in mud, then the mud was allowed to harden - you could clean off the chrome finish easier.

My wright grips seem to clean off just fine.

Throw it once the mud is hardened, bam. Clean ranch.

 

[four.cycle]

I'm going to go out into the garage tomorrow and pull some wrenches out of my box and smear some grease all over them just to annoy you guys.

 

[2ndGearRubber]

I'm going to go out into the garage tomorrow and pull some wrenches out of my box and smear some grease all over them just to annoy you guys.

I think I use my stuff pretty hard. I'm rough on things in general.

Snap on guy tells me the other day that I'm super easy on stuff and take good care of it. Apparently some people just actively destroy everything they touch. I imagine GJ as the other end of the spectrum, lightly waxing their wrenches before tucking them into the drawer for the night.

 

[M6erfan]

Snap on guy tells me the other day that I'm super easy on stuff and take good care of it.

Tool polisher!

 

[Ohmthis]

I'm going to go out into the garage tomorrow and pull some wrenches out of my box and smear some grease all over them just to annoy you guys.

Pictures or it didn’t happen!

 

[JradM]

I imagine GJ as the other end of the spectrum, lightly waxing their wrenches before tucking them into the drawer for the night.

You're not protecting your tools nightly with some high-quality purpose-built tool wax? For shame.

 

[jonshonda]

The only time I clean any tools is when I get gear oil on them. Ain't nobody got time to clean them otherwise!

 

[dchawk81]

I think I use my stuff pretty hard. I'm rough on things in general.

Snap on guy tells me the other day that I'm super easy on stuff and take good care of it. Apparently some people just actively destroy everything they touch. I imagine GJ as the other end of the spectrum, lightly waxing their wrenches before tucking them into the drawer for the night.

They polish their wrenches IMMEDIATELY after not using them.

 

[scooby074]

You're not protecting your tools nightly with some high-quality purpose-built tool wax? For shame.

For the love of God, DO NOT Google "Waxed Tool" with safe search off

 

[BrandonV]

I prefer the industrial coatings. They're not as appealing to meth head thieves.

Everything cleans up just fine with Tub O Towels wipes though. Brakleen for the nooks and crannies.

Sssh... You can't let people know about the gem of black oxide Snap-on tools. .

 

[CS454]

Does hitting wrenches with hammers count as abrasive cleaning

 

[BrandonV]

Try cleaning one of these! Look at that bang up casting.

 

[Ton ton]

I prefer the industrial coatings. They're not as appealing to meth head thieves.

Everything cleans up just fine with Tub O Towels wipes though. Brakleen for the nooks and crannies.

I like industrial coatings as well. Where is a good place to buy a wrench set with an industrial coating on the East coast USA?

 

[Ton ton]

Full polish are easier to hide in with the silverware rack when your partner runs the dishwasher. Just have to be sly about retrieving wrenches before they unload the dishwasher.

Offer to put the clean dishes away, LOL!

 

[four.cycle]

In addition to the "TOOL WAX", Veritas also offers a special "PROTECTOOL WAX" as well as a special "RIPPLE TOWEL" with which to apply said wax.

Yeah... I think I just changed my mind about greasing up my wrenches... I think it would be way more fun to WAX all of them!

I'll get right on that!

 

[CS454]

In addition to the "TOOL WAX", Veritas also offers a special "PROTECTOOL WAX" as well as a special "RIPPLE TOWEL" with which to apply said wax.

Yeah... I think I just changed my mind about greasing up my wrenches... I think it would be way more fun to WAX all of them!

I'll get right on that!

Be careful your satin tools don't pull fibres from the Ripple Towel.

 

[eejack]

Honestly, it is easier to chip dried concrete off of polished wrenches than 'textured' wrenches.

 

[four.cycle]

you can't make this **** up!

 

[2ndGearRubber]

Tool polisher!

Crazy, because I whacked a stuck socket from a lug nut with the side of my impact today.

 

[SamAdams]

Try cleaning one of these! Look at that bang up casting.

It looks like painted sand.

 

[jayemm]

You're not protecting your tools nightly with some high-quality purpose-built tool wax? For shame.

How fast can I wax my tool before it's considered abuse.

 

[four.cycle]

It looks like painted sand.

 

[dchawk81]

Try cleaning one of these! Look at that bang up casting.

Still more precise than Gearwrench.

 

[dchawk81]

How fast can I wax my tool before it's considered abuse.

When you pass out from the exertion, you'll know.

 

[dchawk81]

I like industrial coatings as well. Where is a good place to buy a wrench set with an industrial coating on the East coast USA?

No idea. I literally only have one or two (singles) that I got on eBay, but I prefer it/them over the others.

 

[Fly YX]

Explain to me that I’m drunk and why I’m reading this post?