Clean your tools? Or not?

GMSMOKR · Mar 24, 2013

Ok..Here's the thing..When you buy your tools..What make you ..Just got to have that tools..OTHER THEN...Name brand,Need or Design...Can it be the Color?...The part that I stress to the fellas at work...Is why don't you take care of what attracted you to the tools in the first place... Like Clean them?
Keep your tool box clean...Some guys like the oils and dirt on they tools..I don't ..So the fellas clown me ..because I keep my tools/Box clean in a dirty at times environment....
Do you keep your tools clean? or Dirty? and Why?

Once a Month I clean my tools from Home and Work..
Before

After

I like my tools to stay Colorful and Shiny

Tool box at home

The Fellas Dirty tool boxes...

My nice and clean/polished box @ Work

Slykin · Mar 24, 2013

Definitely clean.. I would assume they'll last longer that way. Plus, clean is just better.

Ferocious · Mar 24, 2013

I don't use them enough for them to actually get dirty.

DeepList · Mar 24, 2013

I typically don't bring mine inside and clean them thoroughly, but I do wipe them down when they get dirty enough to justify it.

GMSMOKR · Mar 24, 2013

Slykin said:
Definitely clean.. I would assume they'll last longer that way. Plus, clean is just better.

That is my Thought..but everyone don't have that same mind frame...

99GreenStang · Mar 24, 2013

Usually do all my tools about 2 times a month and on e a month get a rag and some canola oil and put it on them , it will lubricate them and remove surface rust and prevent it from the future .

joekd · Mar 24, 2013

I make a pile of all my tool when doing a job, as soon as I am done I wipe down all of them with degreaser and a shop rag. Occasionally I will go through all my pliers and stuff oiling moving parts as needed.

Was taught to always take care of your tools at a young age and do it to this day. All my tools are spotless and will easily last a lifetime.

CC'S95GT · Mar 24, 2013

I don't wash them in the sink but I do wipe the grease and dirt off when the job is done.

I think the cleanliness of the tools/shop is a direct reflection of the quality of work.

GMSMOKR · Mar 24, 2013

joekd said:
I make a pile of all my tool when doing a job, as soon as I am done I wipe down all of them with degreaser and a shop rag. Occasionally I will go through all my pliers and stuff oiling moving parts as needed.

Was taught to always take care of your tools at a young age and do it to this day. All my tools are spotless and will easily last a lifetime.

Lmao..I already knew you took care of your tools like that...I can tell by the Details of your Car....That you are selling

CC'S95GT said:
I don't wash them in the sink but I do wipe the grease and dirt off when the job is done.

I think the cleanliness of the tools/shop is a direct reflection of the quality of work.

Lol..Thats my sink in the basement...my play area

Lmao..My wife would kill me if I did this in the Kitchen Sink..Mannn..I can hear her mouth now..Lol

riot9maker · Mar 24, 2013

I have about 5-6k in snap on, mac, and cornwell tools for work, im an auto tech. I wipe my wrenches down 9 times out of 10 before I put them back in my box. I wipe down all my air tools daily, along with oiling and greasing them. There is a few things that I just cant manage to keep clean though lol Screwdriver handles for one... brake cleaner works great but it will make them fade instantly. As far as my box.. the shop is too dirty to even try to keep it looking as nice as yours at work! lol I got cheap Husky box anyways.

Edit: forgot to mention.. A big reason I keep my tools clean is because it save me a lot of time throughout the day. Hands have to be clean to get in a customer car and dirty tools = dirty hands = me washing my hands 20+ times a day and dry, cracked knuckles

DeepList · Mar 24, 2013

GMSMOKR said:
My wife would kill me if I did this in the Kitchen Sink..Mannn..I can hear her mouth now..Lol

I know that's right. I need to install a wash basin out in my garage.

whiplash473 · Mar 24, 2013

Snap-on..matco..and craftsman is what I've got..I'll wipe em down if I'm working with oil..diff fluid..etc..other than that I don't tho......also when I do I'll just go over it with a paper towel..I don't get crazy with it..just enough so it's not all greasy next time I use it

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KillNThrill24 · Mar 24, 2013

I've got a good amount of tools that are my own and a bunch that are my dads. I've got my own snap on and cornwell as well as proto, sk and craftsman. I follow a similar route to Joe, just make a pile of the tools and wipe them down after I'm done. I used to leave tools sitting around when I was a kid and my dad always used to yell at me about it but I was a kid I didn't really care lol. Then I started buying my own tools.. Well that changed my perspective entirely when I realized how much my dad's snap on ratchets and sockets were, because I had bought my own, and I know I sure as hell wouldn't want anyone leaving my tools sitting out. We have probably somewhere around 20k in tools between the two of us here at home. Not to mention the 4 tool boxes he has at work that are like our big craftsman lol

So yes, clean tools are essential, as well as socket trays...

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joekd · Mar 24, 2013

GMSMOKR said:
Lmao..I already knew you took care of your tools like that...I can tell by the Details of your Car....That you are selling

Are you implying I am a bit OCD?!?!? Actually I am not that bad, when we did my gears the guy was wiping down his air hoses with wet wipes as he was rolling them back up. That's my definition of OCD.

GMSMOKR · Mar 24, 2013

joekd said:
Are you implying I am a bit OCD?!?!? Actually I am not that bad, when we did my gears the guy was wiping down his air hoses with wet wipes as he was rolling them back up. That's my definition of OCD.

Lol...Not OCD....just a clean, neat, Detailed.. Guy...lmao...OCD..you are funny....

riot9maker · Mar 24, 2013

Then again.. there are times that my tools look like this.. :nono: ... not cool lol this only happens in the middle of a big job though..

http://s1278.photobucket.com/user/sn95_joe/media/2012-12-06_18-01-45_484_zps4bfba7e9.jpg.html

2012-12-06_18-01-45_484_zps4bfba7e9.jpg.html

btw... that is a chrome extension on the 3/8"s snap on gun... dont tell my tool guy lol

GMSMOKR · Mar 24, 2013

riot9maker said:
Then again.. there are times that my tools look like this.. :nono: ... not cool lol this only happens in the middle of a big job though..

http://s1278.photobucket.com/user/sn95_joe/media/2012-12-06_18-01-45_484_zps4bfba7e9.jpg.html

btw... that is a chrome extension on the 3/8"s snap on gun... dont tell my tool guy lol

Lmao..We can all understand that...Been there hundreds of times...

whiplash473 · Mar 24, 2013

*just as a reference to my precious post* I have had this 88tooth since last fall and have only cleaned it off with a paper towel dry just to get the oil from my hands off of it..to me there is no reason for my tools to be cleaner than this..and I say that as a person that is borderline OCD about pretty much every aspect of my life

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riot9maker · Mar 24, 2013

whiplash473 said:
*just as a reference to my precious post* I have had this 88tooth since last fall and have only cleaned it off with a paper towel dry just to get the oil from my hands off of it..to me there is no reason for my tools to be cleaner than this..and I say that as a person that is borderline OCD about pretty much every aspect of my life
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Ya I would have to agree with you 90% of my tools are about that clean and it is completely pointless to try to keep them any cleaner.. especially if you use them everyday.

1997gtRioRed · Mar 24, 2013

every tool i use goes on my cart and not into my box until clean. its much easier to keep stuff clean when you easily have over 5k sittin there and dont have nearly what you need yet.