How Do You Treat Your Tools?

[EricTheCarGuy]

I had a lot of work at the shop the other day and had tools all over the shop. I usually take pretty good care of my tools, but on this day it seemed I lapsed a bit. So, How Do You Treat Your Tools?

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[Paul F Murphy]

Back in the day, I was 16, and helped Charlie maintain a fleet of 27 Divco milk trucks. He kept a 5 gallon bucket of gasoline w a lid that we dunked our hands and tools in to keep them clean.
The garage was the horse stall at one time.

[Erin]

Clean and organized. I use mineral spirits to clean the tools I used after a job. While I am working, I will keep the tools laid out that I use until the job is done then clean and reorganize.
I do not work in a shop so my tools from when I did work in a shop stay mostly in storage until I have to fix something on my car (or around the house)

So in the home mechanic’s case, it is a lot easier to keep tools in good order.

I treat them like I paid money for them (which of course i did) and like they are saving me a fortune by me not having to get ripped off by a shop for auto repairs.

Plus like others have said – I use them only for the intended purpose. The only time I deviate from that is with a very few “junk” tools I have that are lower quality and are already in bad shape.

I have lost things a time or two like when I am at the junkyard pulling parts. It is really annoying, even if it is something i seldom use.

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