Hi All,
At the end of the day, sockets and ratchets - all tools really - accumulate a lot of greasy dirt that a rag doesn't always remove. I got out of the automotive trade back in 1975 and since getting into this classic car hobby nearly a year ago and starting to reaquire all of that gear that I'd given away or sold nearly forty years ago I've been meaning to ask folks this question but it kept slipping my mind - what do folks clean their tools with these days?
Back then, at the end of the day one would swish one's tools around in a bucket with a little gasoline or kerosene in to dissolve any grease or oil and dislodge the dirt; and then wipe them down with a rag. The fumes were nasty and unsafe and I'm not sure that the raw gas or kerosene was all that good for the tools either. Has any new high tech stuff been developed that is non-flammable, non-toxic - maybe vegetable based or something like that?
At the end of the day, sockets and ratchets - all tools really - accumulate a lot of greasy dirt that a rag doesn't always remove. I got out of the automotive trade back in 1975 and since getting into this classic car hobby nearly a year ago and starting to reaquire all of that gear that I'd given away or sold nearly forty years ago I've been meaning to ask folks this question but it kept slipping my mind - what do folks clean their tools with these days?
Back then, at the end of the day one would swish one's tools around in a bucket with a little gasoline or kerosene in to dissolve any grease or oil and dislodge the dirt; and then wipe them down with a rag. The fumes were nasty and unsafe and I'm not sure that the raw gas or kerosene was all that good for the tools either. Has any new high tech stuff been developed that is non-flammable, non-toxic - maybe vegetable based or something like that?
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