Tools are rusting! Help!

[98sierra]

hey guys, first time poster, but ive lerked this place for a while, mainly drooling over the garage section!

need a little help, ive asked my snapon man and my MAC man and they dont know what to do. All my snap on sockets (impact, black) and getting a light coat of surface rust, sometimes a good coat of surface rust if its wet over the weekend. And all my pliers are getting rusty and now are all dark in color.
I am EXTREMELY **** about my tools, and this pisses me off more than anything. I take very good care of my tool. A couple times a week i will make time to wipe all of my rusty items down with penatrating oil or motor oil or some type of oil.. i mix it up and try different things. now, this does work, and slows the rust down, but have you ever tried to wipe down ALL of your impact stuff and pliers? takes a LONG time. I was thinking some kind of little packets like they put in beef jerkey to keep the moisture out? but do not know what to use.
The box is stored inside a shop that has no climate control, obviously it stays dry inside but when moisture is in the air it wreaks havoc on my precious tools.

THANKS GUYS

 

[#1SomeGuy]

Put some desiccant packs in your box in each drawer.
Spray your tools down with fluid film or similar rust inhibitor.
I wipe everything down before it goes back in the box.

 

[cburnscrx]

I use the silica gel packets found in medicine AND one of those rust guard things I bought at Menards...seems to work

 

[ken w.]

Do you use drawer liners.This will help.I spray everything down with Zep 45.

 

[Alchymist]

http://www.lpsind.com/packaging-shi...ol-products/volatile-corrosion-inhibitor-vci/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/50-sheets-V...419?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d38601cab

 

[d.mcfarland]

What about a towel over them at night?

 

[Craptain]

Put some desiccant packs in your box in each drawer.
Spray your tools down with fluid film or similar rust inhibitor.
I wipe everything down before it goes back in the box.

I had forgotten about Fluid Film. That is what we used on the research boat for all the cables and gear that went underwater. And that is salt water. We never had any rust issues on the cables, and it is environmentally friendly.
Now I will have to buy some for my tools.

 

[98sierra]

Oh the get cleaned every time I use them. There has never been a dirty tool in my box. And I spray them down with PB blaster penatrating oil. Ill try some of those packs to collect moisture. Any idea were to get them? And what's the deal with the fluid film?

 

[98sierra]

Did a quick google search, looks like autozone carries the fluid film. I will buy some of that also. Best to get the spray can in that stuff?

 

[98sierra]

http://www.lpsind.com/packaging-shi...ol-products/volatile-corrosion-inhibitor-vci/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/50-sheets-V...419?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d38601cab

Would you just put your tools on top o those? How long do they last. And to answer another question, yea I do utilize drawer liners. There the non slip ones that come with the MAC boxes

 

[Brownsfan]

Lowes has drawer liners with zeerust. I use them in my box and the rusting has stopped.
I have the same environment as you garage with no climate control.

 

[lmalcomb]

Get Yourself a dehumidifier and Your problems will go away.

 

[dadsEH]

need a little help, ive asked my snapon man and my MAC man and they dont know what to do. All my snap on sockets (impact, black) and getting a light coat of surface rust, sometimes a good coat of surface rust if its wet over the weekend. And all my pliers are getting rusty and now are all dark in color.
I am EXTREMELY **** about my tools

Really??

 

[woody 73]

They have this funny commercial about some type of hot sauce:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...ORM=NVPFVR&qpvt=i+use+that+****+on+everything

But instead of using hot sauce the next time you are out in the Man cave pack all your sockets in any type of grease like the commercial says pack it on everything (thin coat will do); and your tools will never rust.

Been there done that.

 

[cryan]

vasseline or LPS 3 if wd40 is not doing the job. As above though your going to need to address the moisture issue to really stop the problem.

 

[crewchief888]

my working tools rarely rust in my service truck, it rarely see's the inside of a heated or coolled building, and nearly everything has a coating of oil on it.

a few things in my garage boxes will get a light film of rust on them, especially in the spring when the floor is sweating.
air movement is one key to keeping rust at bay....

 

[Zeke]

Hop are you cleaning your black sockets? Don't use brake cleaner if you want to leave a protective film. Best to clean them with something with more oil in it.

Take your sockets and heat them to 350º or so and dip them in an oil bath. They should smoke a bit, but not boil. The hot oil will thin out and drain off. The residue will be baked into the metal. This treatment will last until you clean them too well. Like washing a waxed car with detergent. You're stripping the protection off.

 

[98sierra]

Good suggestions. Although it would have to be one hell of a dehumidifier. This box is at my work in a good size shop, not at home.

 

[98sierra]

Really??

What?

 

[Tarheelgarage]

Trying using there more instead of polishing and they will not rust....

 

[Frickr]

i've been spraying and wiping down all my tools with silikroil lately, and its been doing a very good job at removing the rust and keeping the rust from coming back. the slight film of silicone that is left after the penitrating oil is gone keeps the rust down. all my klein pliers feel better then brand new since i started doing this, and more and more black junk comes out of the joint each time i use them.

 

[03protege]

How are you cleaning them? Only using PB blaster?

I usually just spray mine with wd40 and wipe and I don't have any problems with the exception of maybe a few sockets on the inside where they didn't get coated.

I am in S La so 50% humidity is a great day.

 

[crewchief888]

Good suggestions. Although it would have to be one hell of a dehumidifier. This box is at my work in a good size shop, not at home.

anyone else having the same problem ?

 

[cole_CT]

Has anyone tried using those silica gel packets in your drawers?

 

[98sierra]

Lol I don't see where that would happen. Got a good bit of tools and it would be pretty hard to use them all frequent than I do.

 

[crewchief888]

Trying using there more instead of polishing and they will not rust....

this is my problem, work tools are used daily. at times days, weeks or a month may pass before i open a drawer in the garage.

 

[CD1]

Zerust liners found at Lowes.

 

[d.mcfarland]

Lowes has drawer liners with zeerust. I use them in my box and the rusting has stopped.
I have the same environment as you garage with no climate control.

Is the Zerust drawer liners made in USA? I know their plastic storage boxes are.

 

[eleblu05]

Renaissance wax will protect your tools i use it on my knives and straight razors

 

[cole_CT]

I feel that you are better off buying those Zerust liners or dehumidifying your toolbox rather than putting thin films of oil and what-not on your tools.