Keeping tools rust free?

[SKMT]

Any recommended product to spray on tools to keep them from rusting? Wondering if there's anything that works yet won't get my hands all greasy everytime i use the tool.

[Seymore]

WD-40.

[coopec43]

Originally Posted by SKMT

Any recommended product to spray on tools to keep them from rusting? Wondering if there's anything that works yet won't get my hands all greasy everytime i use the tool.

Instead of spray could you store them in plastic storage containers with snap on lids.

55L

[SalingSue]

G96

https://www.amazon.com/G96-1055P-Complete-Triple-Action-Treatment/dp/B0000DD5TL


And running a AC/dehumidifier when you’re on shore power.

[Sherpa17]

Clean them with a small, stiff brush and wipe them down after every use. Tools should be stored dry imo. Badly rusted tools can benefit from using a spray rust converter. Keep in a box or bin with a desiccant.

[GordMay]

You can store clean & dry tools, in a ‘waterproof’ container, with a Volatile/Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor (VCI), and/or an adsorptant desiccant, such as Silica Gel, or Montmorillonite Clay.

[tkeithlu]

You can start by buying tools that have heavy chromium plating. Other options are tools designed to not be sparking and tools made of stainless steel. Here, for example, is a stainless steel pliers set:

https://www.amazon.com/Aven-10381-St.../dp/B003E48D2G

I wish I owned it....

[LooseGoose]

Boeshield T-9 forms a tough wax-like dry film....my tools don't rust.

[Shrew]

clean, dry, then oil. any machine oil or gun oil will be fine.

[sailing_gal]

Buy cheap tools. Harbor freight tools work fine. Once they become so marinized that they are unusable, throw them out and buy new ones. It's a boat. By the way, in 8 years of boat ownership, I have not thrown out any tool I purchased. I keep them in plastic, closed tool boxes.

[sailorboy1]

I don't do anything to my tools. I just put them away after use in a canvas tool bag and they haven't rusted in the 12 years they have been on 2 different boats.

[cuthbert]

Originally Posted by sailing_gal

Buy cheap tools. Harbor freight tools work fine. Once they become so marinized that they are unusable, throw them out and buy new ones. It's a boat.

I do this also. Some specialty tools that I need for my boat that tend to rust get a wipe with a paper towel with some olive oil on it and I leave the used paper towel in the tool bag.

[Scubaseas]

Boeshield T-9 spray
Buy good tools with good chrome plating or 316 stainless tools. Bronze or brass hammer, brass drift, stainless pliers, etc. Tools like Snap -On will last far longer than Husky or similar brands. Black oxide plated tools work OK but not as good as chrome ones.

Store tools in airtight container.

[Afrinus]

Same here. I have a set of Wera screw drivers, and in 5 years no rust storing in a roll up canvas pouch with no oips or anything.
My socket set (not in canvass) I spray with silicone spray.

The canvass bags seem to be the trick as i forgot to put away a plier for a week - it rusted like crazy while its mates, in canvas nextto it was perfectly ok

Originally Posted by sailorboy1

I don't do anything to my tools. I just put them away after use in a canvas tool bag and they haven't rusted in the 12 years they have been on 2 different boats.

[stormalong]

Boeshield T-9 works well. Also, after tool is wet with salt water rinse in fresh and let dry thoroughly before putting away.