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If you do as all the books suggest and clean your tools after use and then wipe down the metal parts with an oily rag, at least if you're putting them away for some time, a more convenient and less messy alternative to the oily rag is spray-on bicycle lubricant such as 'G.T.85' (there are various brands on the market). If you own a bike, chances are you've got some already; if not, you can buy it from any bike shop and some hardware shops (my local Wilkinsons sells it). Most of them are dry lubes, which dry to a waxy coating, which doesn't attract grit (its virtue as a bike lubricant), and is less messy. Just give the metal parts of your tools a quick once-over with it.
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I'll remember that - sounds like a useful tip! Presume the lubricant won't do nasty things to the soil the next time you use the tool? -
I have a bucket of oily sand in the shed, it works a treat as it's abraisive also. Think it was a tip from here also.
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The bucket of oily sand trick was an Alan Titchmarch tip on GW years ago.Comment
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That's a point - shouldn't think so, though. I don't think there'd be enough on the tool to do any harm.Originally posted by basketcase View PostComment
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