Reply To: Hand Tool Storage The Wall Option
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Hey Ken, i have my tools stored in the open right now also ,but as Andy mentioned they collect a lot of dust and i am only using handtools,and because this room is also the place my wife hangs the laundry to dry in winter i always have to wipe some oil on them before i put them away in case of rust.
If i had to do it all over i would go for a cabinet.
Here is a small tip,here in Holland they include some very small bags (don’t know the exact English word for it,sorry) in boxes when you buy shoes or handbags etc. ,these have some christals in them wich absorb moisture, my sister in law got me a bag full of them at a shoe shop and i layed them between my tools,it doesn;t look fancy but it works great.
I have even read somewhere (don’t know where anymore) that if they are filled with moisture you can put them in a microwave oven for a while and that you can use them again.