On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:34:44 -0700, "AKA gray asphalt"
wrote:

I've got to start taking better care of my tools. CLR got some lime or
whatever it was off of an electric stapler but my T=square is rusted beyond
help. It's a few decades old but when it was my dad's it was bright and
shiny. Is there an oil to put on things like saws clamps which seem to be
taking the worst from the desert weather here?
Thanks again,
: - )

I meant to say that JCWhitney and I'm sure others sell sheets that fit
in the tool drawer that they say prevent rust. They came in a couple
standard? sizes and in a bigger sheet that one can cut to fit.

My last brake rotors came with a piece of paper in each box that were,
I think, impregnated with something to keep the rotors from rusting.
They didn't envelop the rotors, nor were they as big as the rotors,
but I'm sure they were intended to prevent any of the rotor from
rusting, and there was no rust.

So I saved these pieces of paper and will put them in the tool
drawers, but normally the tools in my basement don't rust anyhow.


But I have had tools rust when the water heater sprayed water, and I
don't even worry much anymore, because I have my wire wheel and it
makes lots of bad stuff look great again.

I even wire brushed a wooden hammer handle that had a variety of
stains on it. No one here was impressed by the idea, or even thought
it was good, but I ended up doing it anyhow, and it worked fine. Like
sandpaper but quicker. It's as fast as or faster than coarse
sandpaper, but can make an almost fine finish.