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How often do you clean your tools?

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  • I tend to snap or lose tools before they get cleaned
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    @Meomye there is a theory that garden tools can be cleaned by putting them in a bucket of "oiled sand". This a bucket of sand and a small amount of motor oil - l think it can be used oil. Supposed to bring them up like new.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    punkdoc said:
    I am all for polishing your tool @Hampshire Hog :)
    hem hem!
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    *Snigger*
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    AnniD said:
    @Meomye there is a theory that garden tools can be cleaned by putting them in a bucket of "oiled sand". This a bucket of sand and a small amount of motor oil - l think it can be used oil. Supposed to bring them up like new.
    Motor oil is toxic though so I wouldnt fancy spreading it around the garden.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364
    My secatures get more cleaning than anything much else. The resins from cutting stick up the cuttings I end up cleaning them with Meths. 
    Whats a bit of mud ever done to hurt spade?



    'You must have some bread with it me duck!'

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'm sorry, but I now have visions of @punkdoc and @Hampshire Hog finishing their chores and sitting in the their sheds " polishing their tools"
    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    A couple of points. Almost every spade / fork which I've had to replace has been replaced because the shaft snapped. No amount of oiling and cleaning and sharpening would have prevented that. 
    Secondly, unlike @Del_Griffith 's guy, I'm no expert at sharpening tools so I fear I'd do more harm than good.
    Devon.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It takes a lot of force to snap well seasoned wood but it becomes weaker if it gets too dry or rots from staying too wet. Clean oiled wood stays stronger for longer. and you don't become an expert at anything without practice ;)
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Maybe they're just making tools with crappier wood than they used to? I have a fork which is about 80 years old and it's fine.
    Devon.
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