What are the best way to clean tools. How to clean, What can i use to clean and care?

 

Just wipe them off. You don't want to use a cleaner that will remove all the oil and grease. If you do they will rust over time.

Just wipe them with a dry rag when your done with them.

 

You can clean them with brake clean to get all the oil off. You don't need to have them oily if they are good quality, they won't rust. Brake clean can melt plastic so try not to get too much on the handles. If you do let them dry before you put them back.

 

I use a clean dry rag most of the time. If its really grimy stuff: brake cleaner, gool ole 93 octane or I throw them in my parts cleaner.

 

Don't use brake cleaner on tools with rubber or plastic on them, like ratchets with a cushioned grip. Even if the cleaner doesn't eat through the grip, it can separate it from the metal. A rag damp with gas or alcohol and a dry one to wipe clean work well for most tools that don't have any clear plastic- such as on a multimeter screen or a welding helmet lens. Pretty much all solvents ruin plastic lenses. Soap and water is usually best for these if there's no danger of damaging any electronics. Any spots on metal like dried paint that aren't removed by gas or alcohol can be taken off with a little thinner or, as a last resort because it's so messy and caustic, a little paint stripper.

 

I have to agree, dry clean rags is the best way to keep tools clean, if a "cleaner" is needed, I use methyl hydrate, I always have a gallon jug of it handy, it also has many other uses.
It is all I have ever used to clean my tools for the last 35 years, [clean rags and methyl hydrate] with the exception of rubber/plastic parts, I will sometimes use "waterless" hand cleaner, [GO JO] if part is very dirty, although I have never found anything rubber/plastic that is effected by the methyl hydrate, adhesives used to bond the rubber/plastics to the tools, or each other can be effected. 94

 

i run brake cleaner on all of my snap on tools, been doing so for the past 4 years without any problems? not sure about other brands.

 

thanks 4 the infoz
i was wondering after i got all of my tools clean washed etc/and dried

is
WD40 the way to go when storing them
spray little and wipe on tools?