Tool cleaning advice needed

[Justinmatthewl]

Hi all, this is my first post and I just have to say this is an awesome forum. I'm 29 and just bought my first house and it has a 30x40 shop on the property so I've finally got some room to play in lol. Anyways I became infatuated with snapon tools a few years ago and have a full toolbox of them while most are newer I have collected some much older breaker bars and ratchets that aren't chrome plated. I have a sandblaster with glass bead in it and I tried this on what I call a pooper ratchet and it worked great, removed all the rust, but just a few days later it had some surface rust on it. I was just curious if there is something I can buy to put on the tools to protect them after I clean them like the older snapon tools have? Thanks for any input you may have on how you clean "old garage finds"

Justin

 

[srmofo]

Try some grease and grime.

 

[evildky]

Wd-40

 

[boostedgt]

i use break away (similar to wd40) just wipe them down every now and then

 

[rj-oz]

Hi,
First post on here too, I saw your looking to protect your bare tool steel, maybe something I saw on Ebay might be suitable--here's the url--
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Blueing-...748266133?pt=AU_Hand_Tools&hash=auc2a156faa95

 

[t100]

Wd-40

$16 a gallon, soak them up.

 

[Swan]

You could zinc plate them. Caswells sells zinc plating chemicals and kits and it is easy to do and provides a long lasting, protective and sacrificial coating. Many of the earlier tool manufacturers used zinc.

 

[kbs2244]

I go with the WD40 and greasy hands use.

 

[gauder the goof]

Black oxide, also from caswell. They'll look like the industrial finished products.

http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/black.htm

 

[Justinmatthewl]

Thanks everybody. I appreciate the help

 

[Ritter4.0]

Another vote for Purple Power.

If you clean any aluminum with it, be sure to rinse it ALL off, because it will cause corrosion. If used full strength, it can also remove paint.

 

[jocww]

I use a bucket of diesel, then I throw it in a bucket of gas and then I dump it in a bucket of water. You can either let it sit for a bit in each bucket or move them about and agitate it if your time constrained. Works well for me.

 

[JohnFreeman]

Purple Power is remarkable stuff. I tried it along with most other cleaners I had around cleaning the underside of my 40 year old project car, and it by far was the best (with the possible exception of oven cleaner, which had other side effects!).

Two thumbs up on the Purple stuff!
John