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Your Best Garden Tools - How to Keep them In Great Shape

Gardening Tools

Article by Dan Fenstemaker, Inventor of the Original INTELETOOL

The best garden tools are the best taken care of garden tools. Just spending a few extra moments cleaning and protecting your tools after using them or before you store them will keep them lasting for years. Here are some easy ways to care for your tools.

Removing and Protecting Tools from Rust

1. Keep your tools dirt and dust free. Dirt and dust can hold or attract moisture, which will eventually lead to rust.

2. Store your tools in a dry place. Keeping tools in a drawer or toolbox is great, and you can also place a can of silica gel in tool drawers or boxes that creates a protective layer on metal surfaces.

3. Storing tools in a damp basement will lead to rusting, so use a humidifier to remove moisture from the air.

4. Spraying your tools with a light coating of WD-40, or another penetrating lubricant, and then rubbing metal surfaces with a Scotch-Brite pad will remove rust. Don't use abrasive surfaces like sand paper, because it can scratch the metal.

Degreasing and Protecting

If, for some reason, you have grease on your garden tools, mineral spirits will remove it. Simply rub mineral spirits on with a soft cloth and remove.

For wooden handles, linseed oil has traditionally been used. Linseed oil protects against moisture and also forms a protective coating on the wood.

Cleaning and Shining

A neat trick to remove rust, dirt, and other build up is to fill a bucket with sand and make it deep enough to cover the length of your tools' metal surface. Mix in vegetable oil or WD-40 until the sand is moist.

Plunge your tools into the sand several times and you will see the sand and oil remove corrosion and other build up. You can also leave your tools submerge in the sand all winter long, especially if they will be in a wet, humid environment. The oils will keep your tools from rusting.

Storage

Throwing your tools in a pile or piling them in a bucket can knick surfaces and take the edges off your tools. It is better to lay them out on a shelf, hang them, or store them in a tool drawer. You can also purchase matting that grips your tools and keeps them from moving inside the drawer.

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Dan Fenstemaker is a best garden tools expert. For more great information on best garden tools, visit http://www.inteletool.com.

About the Author

Inteletool inventor Dan Fenstemaker hails from Ohio. A painting contractor, Fenstemaker wondered why other tool heads weren't available for his telescopic paint handle, so he designed then patented his own. At the 2009 National Hardware Show, the DIY television crew chose Inteletool to feature as one of its hot new tools on its "Cool Tools" show. Look for Inteletool episodes Thanksgiving weekend. Check local listings for details.

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Hi, i am 19, i want to open up my own gardening services business, at the minute i do not have any tools but want to start and build up as i go.
what would be a good advert to post on local websites and put in shop windows in my town? bearing mind that i do not have any tools at the moment and would have to use customers ones.
any help very much appreciated, thanks.

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