I only really started gardening last year. Didn't even know I had to sharpen a shovel before I found some TH-cam gardening channels. Imagine my surprise. My entire life was a lie. :) They just don't seem to teach important things like caring for garden tools in school anymore. Great video. Thanks for all the fantastic advice.
Thank you! I received this email from you tube about sharpening tools and it was right on time. I was getting ready for spring and my tools were very very dull and I wasn't sure how to sharpen and keep them functional. Great tip. I can't believe how much time I saved. Also, I'm "up in age" and your tips helped my perform my landscaping with a whole lot less effort. Thanks Again.
I've also used a paste made of baking soda and water to remove rust. These techniques were described under topics related to preparing metal surfaces for painting.
Hello and congratulations. I love to watch all your videos. I have a different tip to clean out the rust of your tools. You can soak them over night on vinegar and all the rust will came of easily. Then wipe them with oil after sharpening them of course if is needed.
A bucket of fine sand saturated in oil (old frying oil is fine) is a great place to store and lubricate small hand tools. Hand spades, fork and shears can be simply "jabbed" down in the oil soaked sand to both store and protect them. For larger tools like shovels and spade forks, use a 5-gallon bucket the same way. Also, it's probably OK to use petroleum based oils as long as they are fresh and not used.
Great tips and I wish I kept my tools as nice as you do. I have found that the tools I let to for a winter can be cleaned up by soaking them in a bath of Vinegar. Sometimes it takes overnight, but using a light brush afterwards with a wire brush like you said, it takes the rust off and they look as good as new. I use this method with my pliers and other tools in the work shed also. They can then get the coating of veg oil. I just wish I bought better garden tools, but here in the US, you pay a lot for cheap products that don't last unfortunately.
10* My (Norwegian ancestry) Grandfather always cleaned and oiled every tool he used, even saws, and there were no rusty, abused, or miscared for tools (metal and wood).
My Norwegian grandfather passed his fastidiousness for properly cleaned and cared for tools on to my father who passed it on to me. For my father no job was finished until all the tools used were properly cleaned and oiled then put away where they belonged. Well more than a half century later I still follow that.
I own a plethora of hand tools, but can honestly say I have never maintained them in the manner suggested here.😔. Maybe 2016 will be different now that I have been properly educated!
I would respectfully encourage you to learn proper use of a file. The way you're using it is, choosing my words carefully here, wrong. I'd also echo earlier comments about your use of WD-40 as a lubricant, which it is not, and your dramatic overuse with gobs of spillage of a petroleum product despite saying earlier in the video not to use petroleum products.
Your tips on maintaining garden tools are very helpful. It's important to take care of them for longevity.
I only really started gardening last year. Didn't even know I had to sharpen a shovel before I found some TH-cam gardening channels. Imagine my surprise. My entire life was a lie. :)
They just don't seem to teach important things like caring for garden tools in school anymore. Great video. Thanks for all the fantastic advice.
Watching from philippines. Our teacher taught us to watch this. Thank you for making this video!
Thanks for watching Aivanne. :-)
Nice and clear tips, many thanks
Thank you..l am new to gardening and have taken note of all the tips. The tools are going to get it now😂
Thank you! I received this email from you tube about sharpening tools and it was right on time. I was getting ready for spring and my tools were very very dull and I wasn't sure how to sharpen and keep them functional. Great tip. I can't believe how much time I saved. Also, I'm "up in age" and your tips helped my perform my landscaping with a whole lot less effort. Thanks Again.
+RclintD Davis That's great news, thanks for sharing. I hope you have a great growing season.
Good video. I save old cooking oil and reuse it on rusty tools. It also works great for starting fires for cooking.
Great stuff. Thank you.
Merry Christmas.
I've also used a paste made of baking soda and water to remove rust. These techniques were described under topics related to preparing metal surfaces for painting.
Hello and congratulations. I love to watch all your videos. I have a different tip to clean out the rust of your tools. You can soak them over night on vinegar and all the rust will came of easily. Then wipe them with oil after sharpening them of course if is needed.
+Florina Butcovan This sounds like an ingenious method, thanks for sharing it!
Coca-cola works too ;)
taking your advice to heart thanks been using an wax with oil that has really produced some good results
That's a job for Monday! All mine need doing. Thanks,
Wow 😳 you helped me ✌️
A bucket of fine sand saturated in oil (old frying oil is fine) is a great place to store and lubricate small hand tools. Hand spades, fork and shears can be simply "jabbed" down in the oil soaked sand to both store and protect them. For larger tools like shovels and spade forks, use a 5-gallon bucket the same way. Also, it's probably OK to use petroleum based oils as long as they are fresh and not used.
+Karl Kelley Great tip - thanks for taking the time to share it!
Petroleum based anything should not be introduced to soil, no matter how minute the amt.
@@justsayin5609petro based anything shouldnt be applied to ANYTHING natural!! Including ourselves !!
Also use wet n dry paper (emery paper) on secateurs - great to remove dried sap!
I clean my tools after everytime I use them and at the end of the season I wipe all wooden handles with Linseed oil
Great tips and I wish I kept my tools as nice as you do. I have found that the tools I let to for a winter can be cleaned up by soaking them in a bath of Vinegar. Sometimes it takes overnight, but using a light brush afterwards with a wire brush like you said, it takes the rust off and they look as good as new. I use this method with my pliers and other tools in the work shed also. They can then get the coating of veg oil. I just wish I bought better garden tools, but here in the US, you pay a lot for cheap products that don't last unfortunately.
+The Abled Gardener That's a great tip - many thanks for sharing!
Vinegar is great but perhaps soaking overnight will pit and further damage the steel tools making them more difficult to care for over time.
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10* My (Norwegian ancestry) Grandfather always cleaned and oiled every tool he used, even saws, and there were no rusty, abused, or miscared for tools (metal and wood).
My Norwegian grandfather passed his fastidiousness for properly cleaned and cared for tools on to my father who passed it on to me. For my father no job was finished until all the tools used were properly cleaned and oiled then put away where they belonged. Well more than a half century later I still follow that.
enjoyed your video
Don't spray gardening tools with wd40 - it is petroleum-based. Use Fluid Film which is lanolin -based.
+Jeff Collins Thanks for the tip Jeff.
Good Info, Thanks!
very helpful
I own a plethora of hand tools, but can honestly say I have never maintained them in the manner suggested here.😔. Maybe 2016 will be different now that I have been properly educated!
+Paul Doxsee That's what TH-cam is all about...learning from each other. Happy New Year!
great video where can I buy a sharpen stone and is there another name or just s stone ☺
+Graham Thomas They are called sharpening stones. I just bought mine from Amazon.
Beside splashing them with some water from time to time, I think I've never actually cleaned any of my tools, ever.
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I would respectfully encourage you to learn proper use of a file. The way you're using it is, choosing my words carefully here, wrong.
I'd also echo earlier comments about your use of WD-40 as a lubricant, which it is not, and your dramatic overuse with gobs of spillage of a petroleum product despite saying earlier in the video not to use petroleum products.
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