Tool Box Decals

[Junkman]

Do you load up your tool boxes with decals? Never understood why someone would deface a tool box, so please explain it to this old man. I won't even buy a car that has a dealers decal or emblem on the rear.

 

[Stephenw]

I have a single brass "sticker" on my box. I think it looks ok.

 

[snapmom]

Some like red cars, some like blue cars.

 

[Fedwrench]

I only have a couple. I think it's a way of personalizing the box. Although there are many like it, this one is special because it is mine...

 

[vc-onthepc]

i have a snap on teal box with a picture of the grinch on it ....

 

[vette-kid]

I have a few on the hutch of one of my benches and a few on cabinets, but none actually on the toolboxes (other than one that was there when I got it). Im curious to see lookin467galaxiecov and etek's reply here, I want to see what they did with all those stickers???

 

[snapmom]

 

[ImportTuner]

A few decals add a little personality to the box; sets it apart from other boxes ..

 

[-B-]

For a bicycle mechanic it is part of their unwritten resume as just putting stickers on that you have no experience may get you lots of harassment. My current work box was well used when I got it paint was not in good condition it was highly oxidized.

 

[Packard V8]

As always, we'll have differing opinions here and to each his own, but I'm with Junkman. To some literates, the printed word is akin to a town crier walking around shouting names and slogans in one's face. None of my cars have dealer logos on the sheetmetal or license plate frames and certainly never, ever a bumper sticker, won't even wear a t-shirt or cap with a logo unless it's free. A manufacturer/dealer wants to advertise on my space, he can pay me - I'm certainly not going to pay him and then have to look at it or force others to look at the equivalent of permanent TV commercials in my garage.

If I'm looking at buying a toolbox covered in stickers, I calculate how many hours of work it will take to get them off and how much damage they will have done to the finish. Then, I subtract that from the price. If there are too many stickers, no way it's coming here; let someone who appreciates the look have it.

thnx, jack vines

 

[tatra]

packard sums up all my feelings quite nicely.........thanx..........

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

About half my boxes have decals, the other half don't. Just depends. I've since added a couple decals to the front of the red Craftsman box that Vette_kid sent. Like Import Tuner said, they add some personality.

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

decalling a box up is cooler than waxing it

 

[Vulturej]

I sold this side box last year, but the decals I put on it did not deface it. I liked them I would I could have kept them.

 

[66RICH]

Just go to your local hobby store, and pick up some magnetic
rubber sheeting. Just stick your decal to it, and cut out with
razor knife. I also do this with pics, and metal plaques from
Rod runs.

You can change the lay out easily, and remove for cleaning.

Rich

 

[Canadian Charlie]

3 of my four boxes are covered in decals, I did them when I was younger and the boxes are Craftsman boxes. If it was a S.O. box I wouldn't even consider doing it. The last box and tool cart I bought I just addedSnap On stickers to them.

 

[superautobacs]

66RICH, that's a good idea; I never thought of that!

 

[december45]

im with the older crowd, no stickers of any kind any where.... none on our cars, NONE on my tool boxes, no decals any where.. i know im wierd but i remove them from everything i get or got, ive got a yamaha generator... removed all the decals ive got a TC30 ford new holland tractor.. removed all decals.. hate them.... The above picsof tool boxes with decals.. would absolutely drive me nuts.. i would not be able to stand it.... i know to each their own.. and its a good thing too.

 

[GSSFC]

I hate stickers on anything. I have a pile of them but don't install them. I removed all I can like all the warning stickers on snowmobiles and atvs ASAP. I year or so ago, I bought a used Jeep. My wife went with me to load it on the trailer and bring it home. After about 5 minutes she came around back to see what was taking so long, and I was scraping the bumper stickers off as best I could. I didn't even do it intentionally, I guess they really bother me!

 

[snapmom]

Some people like Fords, some like Chevy's.

 

[06wt]

im with charlie, i hav old craftsman boxs that i hav loaded with stickers over the years, but my krl has 1 snap-on logo sticker on the top drawer

 

[dxdexter]

I like lots of decals. Almost all my decals represent products I have purchased, companies I have worked with and projects worked on . They personalize my box and set it apart for others and some represent moments in time. It would be a pretty bland world if we all thought the same.

Incidentally I would never place a decal on a automobile, but if others find it attractive then that's their opinion.

 

[T56 Impala]

I have a few. They are small 2"x3" maybe. One is a Ferrari Crest the other a Porsche crest. I also have the trunk emblems from my crashed 740i on the main box. On the "side" box mounted under the bench I have only a Porsche Crest. The Craftsman boxes were debadged them and Ferrari stickers were put in their place. Its kind of an inside joke. If I can find the right decal for the restored military box, I will put one on it.

I do NOT put stickers on my cars. I can't stand seeing a bumper sticker on a car. Makes me shudder.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

I think some stickers can look good. I prefer the stickers to be on the inside of the lid. My blue rollaway is the only box I have with stickers on the outside of the box...except a couple of stickers I added on the outside of the red Craftsman top box.

I'm much more likely to put stickers on my cheaper boxes than on my Snap-on boxes too!

 

[norry]

Depends on the box... The WW2 SO box doesn't have any stickers, but my others have a few here and there.

The one box has a big ol' USAir sticker on it. Not US Airways, USAir as it used to be called. The original owner was an aircraft mechanic and I left it there, both for old times' sakes and in his honor (I bought it from his estate and he took good care of his tools while alive).

 

[Da Bull]

To each his own. I love my box with all my decals! If I had a $10,000 snappy box might be a different story.

 

[caper]

I like lots of decals. Almost all my decals represent products I have purchased, companies I have worked with and projects worked on . They personalize my box and set it apart for others and some represent moments in time. It would be a pretty bland world if we all thought the same.

Incidentally I would never place a decal on a automobile, but if others find it attractive then that's their opinion.

There's some familiar names there Dex,Breton ND testing does work for us on a regular basis,the owner,Billy was in checking one of my trucks thursday.Logan Geotech used to bring there trucks in where I used to work for service.Canadian Fabrications Sydney is one I don't recognize.Did you do a project with them?I really dig the support coal sticker,not much support for coal in NS anymore.Cape offshore fabricators,Performance auto.Really dig the old NS safety inspection rejection sticker.

 

[Coach James]

I'm not really into stickers on my boxes either. I did put one on the inside lid of one of my top boxes. It's from Wright Tool and is a conversion from standard to metric sizes. I put it there for a quick reference. Dealer license tags come of a vehicle as soon as I get it home. As to other stuff, I do wear shirts with our gym logo on the front so I advertise almost everywhere I go.

Coach

 

[chrislehr]

I have stickers inside the top of mine only... Couple pictures magnet'd on as well...

 

[Ramblur]

The Rem Line I got for HS graduation: Stickers

The Cman my wife got me for Christmas about 10 yrs. ago: No Stickers

The garage door: Lotsa Stickers

 

[alex71]

Just go to your local hobby store, and pick up some magnetic
rubber sheeting. Just stick your decal to it, and cut out with
razor knife. I also do this with pics, and metal plaques from
Rod runs.

You can change the lay out easily, and remove for cleaning.

Rich

you don't have a problem with the magnets collecting ****? I know in my garage they would be covered in grinder dust and metal shavings in short order.

 

[PistolWhip]

I paid good money for the parts that are in my car that no one will ever see. The stickers are my way of keeping "receipts."

I do keep most of them on the under side of the lid though. I think its more the way I was introduced to tools in general. My dad is an old school motor head and a cabinet maker by trade so he had allot of tools and tool boxes. He always had a few stickers on his tool boxes and since I idolized my old man, I always thought it was the coolest thing to sticker em up.
Funny how we absorb some things like a sponge and others run off like a rain coat. I can't read a tape measure or drive a nail straight to save my life, but I can take a car apart and put it back together blind folded.
He made a living in centimeters, and I can't read a tape measure....Go figure...

 

[isr2kba]

If I could airbrush bad-*** murals on my boxes, I would. Unfortunately I don't have artistic skills. In the spirit of everything needs to be customized, I apply decals liberally and frequently.

 

[joehalford01]

I freakin love stickers, i put them on my tool box, shop fridge, welder, etc...When my friends buy parts and come over to my house to install, they pay by giving me the stickers their parts came with lol. Having said that, I will not put stickers on a car, never ever ever ever. My reasoning:

Tool boxes and etc. are generally indoors, cars are outdoors. The stickers fade on the car very quickly and look like ****, you can't just peel them off, then you have to deal with the sticker residue. what a pain. They fade on tool boxes too but the box is so old by then that it just adds to the cool factor.

 

[Hoot]

I'm half and half. My older 26" rollaway has all kinds of stickers. Mostly car and military related that I collected over the years, but that's the only thing I put stickers on. My 40" rollaway has none and I plan on keeping it that way. I don't really put them on cars either, except for a very small Texas flag on the back window my "shop truck". And an old college parking permit sticker on my hobby car. I only keep that one for nostalgia, since it dates back 20+ years ago when the car was my high school ride.....

 

[coolguy]

I just wish I had another box to put more stickers on !!!The one I have is FULL !! LOL

 

[06wt]

finaly took a pic, heres the only sticker on my krl

 

[fordracing200]

Just my Nitrocat sticker that came with my gun and a 5.0 Mustang Magazine sticker, on the inside of the lid, I'm not one for stickered up drawers and what not.

 

[kobyp]

I'm not big on a bunch of stickers.....I'm a little more conservative:

 

[RetroJim55]

I also do not put stickers all over my tool boxes .
All stickers are is a cheap way for a company that makes Billions of dollars to get free advertisement ! I am not going to advertise their products on my tool boxes without compensation . Race cars only put stickers on their cars from the companies that pay them .
That is why big companies give you FREE stickers , for FREE Advertisement , bottom line !