cleaning tools

Today, yet another post that starts with "today"!

Today I was about to clean two 8" adjustable wrenches,
so I thought I'd do it in two different ways.

First I disassembled both.

The first one I flushed with CRC 5-56 (~WD-40) and
then hit it with a dish brush.

The second one I put in a bucket of warm water with
Yes, the washing-up liquid. Then I used a dish brush
on that one as well.

Both tools look and feel great but if I had to pick
one it'd be the Yes one, as it is more shiny, has
a more pleasant yet low-key oily touch, and the
worm-screw really moves the adjustable jaw smoothly.

But because I don't know the history of the tools
I have to yield and call the result of the experiment
inconclusive at best I suppose both methods
are fine.

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On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 23:21:19 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote:

Today, yet another post that starts with "today"!

Today I was about to clean two 8" adjustable wrenches,
so I thought I'd do it in two different ways.

First I disassembled both.

The first one I flushed with CRC 5-56 (~WD-40) and
then hit it with a dish brush.

The second one I put in a bucket of warm water with
Yes, the washing-up liquid. Then I used a dish brush
on that one as well.

Both tools look and feel great but if I had to pick
one it'd be the Yes one, as it is more shiny, has
a more pleasant yet low-key oily touch, and the
worm-screw really moves the adjustable jaw smoothly.

But because I don't know the history of the tools
I have to yield and call the result of the experiment
inconclusive at best I suppose both methods
are fine.

I think that you are confusing "clean" with clean and lubricated. Try
cleaning a wrench using Acetone or perhaps Alcohol or even MEK. You
will end up with a oil free wrench. Compare this with a wrench cleaned
using your first method.

--
Cheers,

John B.

My P110 manual suggests not removing an oiled surface is best.

SU carb cleaning is done with rag n light engine oil...oil is a solvent.

Who would allow the level of surface accumulation n contamination to ..

MTB ... use citrus right ? Citrus leaves a film.

John B. wrote:

I think that you are confusing "clean" with
clean and lubricated. Try cleaning a wrench
using Acetone or perhaps Alcohol or even MEK.
You will end up with a oil free wrench.
Compare this with a wrench cleaned using your
first method.

It should be cleaned in the sense pleasant to
look at and hold, but also in the sense no
gravel in the machinery, and yes lubed as well.

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Using CRC for small parts like the ad wrench gears, cleaning mech tool surfaces for electronics work..

Acetic acid with propellant force thru the supplied nozzle tube blows out n removes oil grease

Where's the compressor ?

On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 7:00:20 PM UTC-7, Emanuel Berg wrote:
John B. wrote:

I think that you are confusing "clean" with
clean and lubricated. Try cleaning a wrench
using Acetone or perhaps Alcohol or even MEK.
You will end up with a oil free wrench.
Compare this with a wrench cleaned using your
first method.

It should be cleaned in the sense pleasant to
look at and hold, but also in the sense no
gravel in the machinery, and yes lubed as well.

--
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

according to whom?

Doug Landau wrote:

It should be cleaned in the sense pleasant
to look at and hold, but also in the sense
no gravel in the machinery, and yes lubed
as well.

according to whom?

.... what do you mean?

Today I did the Yes cure for a
4" adjustable wrench and a
Stanley/Utility knife. Actually it *is*
a Stanley, "Made in Englad". Looks similar to
this - perhaps because that's what it is

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ey_knife_1.jpg

This method has worked great! I guess I like it
fine - so far.

--
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

On Sat, 01 Jul 2017 01:49:40 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote:

Doug Landau wrote:

It should be cleaned in the sense pleasant
to look at and hold, but also in the sense
no gravel in the machinery, and yes lubed
as well.

according to whom?

... what do you mean?

Today I did the Yes cure for a
4" adjustable wrench and a
Stanley/Utility knife. Actually it *is*
a Stanley, "Made in Englad". Looks similar to
this - perhaps because that's what it is

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ey_knife_1.jpg

This method has worked great! I guess I like it
fine - so far.

I'm a bit confused with all this frantic tool cleaning as most
mechanics I am acquainted with just wipe their tools off with a rag at
the end of a working and put them back in the tool box. I've been
doing this for many years now and so far my tools all appear to be
"clean" without any special cleaning activity.
--
Cheers,

John B.

John B. writes:

I'm a bit confused with all this frantic tool
cleaning as most mechanics I am acquainted with just
wipe their tools off with a rag at the end of
a working and put them back in the tool box.
I've been doing this for many years now and so far
my tools all appear to be "clean" without any
special cleaning activity.

Bikes aren't creative enough, at least not at the
level I'm on, so I try to compensate for the
creativity deficit on the shop and tools. Cleaning and
decorating (painting) stuff and organizing things that
aren't really necessary. But it makes for a pleasant
and relaxing activity and work itself (actual work)
becomes more pleasant and relaxed as well. It is also
educative: fiddling with the equipment, learing what
all the parts are called, it is a relaxing way
to learn.

It is also from my programming background when I used
to fiddle with tools (small programs) all day every
day. There, being equally pleasant and relaxed, it had
a bigger (crucial) impact on actual work, admittedly.

Also, I have worked with many people, real I would say
disfunctional people with absolutely no sense of
organizing or "care of kit" - always half the day
spent, sometimes the entire day, spent on searching
for equipment, finding disfunctional equipment,
searching for the stuff to repair it, the mood and
morale steadily going down. I decided that would never
happen to me.

What can I say, I am a gear freak

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