How To Treat Garden Tool Handles

Some garden shovels need to have the original rivets sawed off in order to remove the old handle.

How to treat garden tool handles. Alternatively you can clean dry tool handles with a metal brush and damp rag the goal being to relieve the handles of soil and scum that has accumulated in the crevices. Should you encounter splinters or other rough spots use fine sandpaper to smooth them out. If youve rinsed off and dried your rakes shovels trowels garden forks or other hand tools after each use you wont have to do much at the end of the season.

In this video I refurbish an old shovel that sat out in the weather for years. Coconut Oil is typically solid at room. I cleaned it up and made it new again.

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Scrub away stubborn soil with a scrub brush and use paint thinner to remove sap and pitch. From this point on you can use 120-grit sandpaper to open the pores on the handle and apply boiled linseed oil annually to ensure long life. It was rusty and the handle was dry rough and dirty but at least the head was still firmly attached.

The right way to sharpen a garden tool. It is readily available non-toxic see side note below and protects your wooden handle without feeling gummy as something like mineral oil would. There are some instances were a little more elbow grease and effort is needed.

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