Been sitting in the garage cleaning and oiling all my hand tools. Takes a while but, they sure look good after cleaning and oiling them! Something about the oil rag in your hand and the shiny buffed look when they are finished :)
Been sitting in the garage cleaning and oiling all my hand tools. Takes a while but, they sure look good after cleaning and oiling them! Something about the oil rag in your hand and the shiny buffed look when they are finished :)
in the center are tools from one drawer, to the left on the chair are finished tools from that drawer. to the right is my cooler filled with Bud and ice. on the floor are WD40 and rag, oil can and rag for finishing and cleaning tools - toothbrush, wire pad, Q-Tips and saw blade to clean in between plier teeth. I also oil the outside of my tool boxes and drawer lips and inside the drawers.
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Nice picture, looks like you are about to perform "surgery" on someone, some thing :lol:
NA - you are to precise in your tool cleaning. The redneck way of cleaning your tools will save you a ton of time and energy. Next time you change the oil in your truck (I know you have one) throw all your hand tools in the old oil. Then when you need a tool, reach in and grab the one you want, clean it and use it. By the time you get all the tools out of the oil bath, it will be time to change the oil in the other truck. Repeat process. Save the rag covered in oil after cleaning the tools. It can be used to start a fire or to polish up the tool that missed it's last bath. Simple, economical, and efficient. Must be a Jeff Foxworthy thing.
I think hand tool cleaning and maintenance has become a lost art. I have tools that I have grown so attached to I have retired them. I have gotten many tools out of the trash with a broken handle or a dull blade. All they need is a little TLC. A guy at work "sharpened" one of my axes after he "borrowed" it without asking. Well he sharpened it with a bench grinder and it took me 2 hours with a file to fix it. A little oil on metal is a beautiful thing.
Hey I do this every time I change the oil. Its just on accident.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patriot76