Hi all,
I’m one the (many) moving from California to Idaho and I’m wondering how to store my tools (hand tools, power tools, blades, etc.) for the move?
I’m going to be using a PODs storage container to store our things for about a month then get delivered to our new home in Idaho. Our move is scheduled for the end of December and I want to take the necessary precautions to keep my blades and other metals from rust or damage.
According to PODs, the storage container will be stored in their facility, but I don’t know the exact temperature or conditions it’ll actually be in, plus it will be transported in potentially freezing conditions.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Josh
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You might try using camphor in the containers where your hand tools will be stored. Machinery tops can be waxed to help keep moisture from penetrating the metal tops. Buff them out when they are at the new location.
Thanks Edward. I've never heard of camphor, but I'll look into it. I'm going to be placing my tools (that will fit) in a plastic tote.
I came from Virginia to California in late 2018. We used a POD for the actual move, then a storage place for the months it took to sell our house back East. I didn't do anything special...
But, I've been spending a good number of hours each week cleaning rust and sharpening. Not due to storage, but because of the environment back in Virginia... Humid, rain, etc. Here in SoCal, it's nice and dry and I am in heaven.
If anything, I'd suggest something like Boeshield, or a tool protectant. Maybe even a light oil? But, if you put them away dry, I would expect them to show up the same way and be fine. Although, I guess it depends on the environment where you are moving from and to.
Having lived in Idaho for many years and now just next door, I don't think you'll have any issues with rust here, and in SoCal there probably won't be any either. I occasionally wipe then apply a table saw compound, (I forget the name offhand, sorry, but I have one wax-based and one oil-based) to my bandsaw table, planer and table saw, and rarely have any issues with corrosion, and then only on the iron pieces like the bandsaw table. Blades, planes, hand saws, chisels and other tools never have an issue, but then I do use them often. But the harder steels are far more resistant to corrosion than soft iron.
Thanks for all your suggestions!
I just dealt with something similar and covered all my tools in a thin layer of jojoba oil and it seemed to do the trick.
Don’t care where you are moving to or moving from. PROTECT AGAINST RUST! I moved from SoCal to So Carolina and have gobs of rust because I didn’t.
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