Rusting trowels?

[White Room]

sorry but...
Without getting technical, there are two main types of stainless, the cheap stuff can be magnetic and rust. I have stainless trowels that rust! Replacing a Stainless',B&Q sink next week that is rusting after a month!!

depends on the carbon content in the stainless Mark. Mrs Doug was a welder, mainly stainless pipework, and she was always harping on about rust in low grade stainless:smilewinkgrin:

 

[dagger]

DONT GRIND EM.......Lithofin cement away.....but even then only after extreme duress....Clean them after use (with water).....a rubbing stone or an offcut of tile will do.......lazy so and so.,.....:8:

 

[hillhead]

DONT GRIND EM.......Lithofin cement away.....but even then only after extreme duress....Clean them after use (with water).....a rubbing stone or an offcut of tile will do.......lazy so and so.,.....:8:

hard to keep a 17 year old from the lazy way out,lol.

 

[dagger]

17 year olds are not yet ADULTS soooooooo.........
put dirt in his coffee cup, scare him, TERRORISE him until the 17 year old labouror can clean the trowels without a problem!!!!!!!

buckets, now thats a whole new post!!!!!:ban:

 

[doug boardley]

to clean mine up I use a bit of building sand and water, rub my trowel with my guaging trowel and it cleans two in one go

 

[Spud]

I used to keep my hand tools as clean as whistles when i worked on my own since having a lad with me my tool kit has gone to rack and ruin had to spin my marshalltown guager off with my polisher a couple of days ago and my new mixing drill whisk was clogged with white rapid ,I really had to stop mself from freaking out,:mad2: I will start hitting him in the pocket if he doesnt keep the kit clean, he will soon learn then .

 

[hillhead]

My lad broke my newish grinder last year,obvoiously over tightened and busted it!! he bought the latest one! lesson learned i'd say there.Mobile phones are the ruination of young lads now!

 

[Spud]

My lad broke my newish grinder last year,obvoiously over tightened and busted it!! he bought the latest one! lesson learned i'd say there.Mobile phones are the ruination of young lads now!

I have to agree with you there Joe ,i make the boys turn their phones to silent while they are working with me they can use them on their break times if they want to, nothing more annoying when you are working really hard and the lad is swanning around chatting on his mobile mine stays in the van when im busy other wise nothing would get done

 

[Tomtiler]

i always keep my tools clean as a whistle hate having dirty tolls any my tools get too dirty to clean just throw them out and get some more lol

 

[harry]

I get condensation as well...well i have on my last vans but will see with the new one..i just put it down to having the heaters on in cold wqeather and then condences up..

I solved the problem of a dripping roof in my peugeot expert , by sticking some thin cord carpet to the ceiling was very cheap from local carpet suppliers spray glue on the back and on the roof looks real professional in light grey... no more drips !

 

[hillhead]

I solved the problem of a dripping roof in my peugeot expert , by sticking some thin cord carpet to the ceiling was very cheap from local carpet suppliers spray glue on the back and on the roof looks real professional in light grey... no more drips !

very useful and interesting tip there Harry.will look into that