How do I stop my tools going rusty?

[Spirit of Glenans]

I give my 'general' tools a light spray of WD40 and keep them in a box designed for heavy machine-gun ammunition. It has a waterproof seal. The ones for electrical work live in a plastic box.

 

[Scarboroughsloop]

How about something like this?

http://www.stadiumbuildingproducts.com/tools-n-hardware/toolboxes-6520zr.html

 

[markhomer]

THe answer was two pages back , oak shavings do work , I used to work in a ship repairers and when the joiners planed oak the engineers fought over the shavings , which they covered their old ferrous tools in , which took on a black/blue hue over night and became rust proof , definately works ,

guess you can buy oak chips for home smokers , a plane away a lump of oak .

 

[sarabande]

that similar to the process that iron nails undergo when hammered into green oak: they turn black. Tannic acid... ?

 

[markhomer]

I would say exact same

clever stuff is oak , hearty too .

 

[old_salt]

Quote:- clever stuff is oak,

Ok so have a look at your Iron keel bolts after they have been in an Oak Hog for some 40+ years.

Oak, Salt water and Tannic acid. = at least a few Millie Volts.

 

[BarryH]

I use Napier gun oil or Napier VP90, only because I use it on the shotguns. Works ok and the tools are kept in a locker in the cockpit. I supose any oil or anything that forms a barrier coating will work......

 

[rotrax]

I think your mistake is probably using a tool bag rather than a box. Its bound to get the odd splash of seawater on it and will, as a result, be forever damp.

I use a small plastics tool box. Most of the tools have been in there for over 30 years without going rusty.

+1-I keep all my tools in plastic containers. Two large boxes with the big stuff in, plus a small-about 8X10 inches-plastic box with a clear lid for "usefull tools"-the ones you invariably need for those never ending little adjustments and tightening up jobs.

I previously kept the big stuff in a larger wooden box, Given to me by an old friend in the Czech Republic.

It is from their National Bank and was used for holding bullion bars. It was unfortunatly empty when I got it...............................