Tips For Avoiding Rust When Storing Tools

TAMPA, Fla. - Nov. 18, 2015 - PRLog -- Good tools can be quite an investment, but if you take good care of them, they'll return the favor. Keeping your hand tools, power tools and garden tools properly stored, cleaned, and maintained, will save you time and money and make your DIY projects more successful.

Whether you store your tools on pegboards, boxes, bags or shelves, keeping moisture down will prevent rust and keep your investment valuable.
Keep your tools in a dry place. It seems obvious, but garages and basements and other enclosed spaces can have humidity issues, especially if they are not heated or air-conditioned. If you keep your tools in a location like this, especially if you keep them out on shelves or pegboards, consider investing in a dehumidifier to keep the dampness down. They're not terribly expensive, especially compared to your investment in your tools. Eva-Dry dehumidifiers has small, reusable dehumidifiers that don’t use electricity that are perfect for your tools such as the Eva-Dry E-333 or the Eva-Dry E-500, as well as Eva-Dry E-150 Moisture Eliminator Pouches you can leave in your tool drawers to keep moisture out.

Hang your garden tools. Even if you keep your garden tools inside the garage or your shed, hang them so that they don't rest on the floor. Moisture can easily creep up from concrete floors.

Store power tools in their original cases. Unless you have a climate-controlled workshop, your best bet for storing power tools in the hard plastic cases they usually come with. Not only are they better-protected from humidity, they're just better-protected in general. You can drop an Eva-Dry E-150 Moisture Eliminator Pouch in the case for extra moisture extraction.

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