Tools - Sockets, Wrenches etc.

Anonymous-0

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As i get older, my eyes aren't what they used to be so ... i want to color in the engraved numbers & letters on my socket sets and wrenches.

What materials & methods have you used?
Do some colors work better than others?

Thanks,
Tom (rammer)
 
get what we call grease markers, we use them in the shop to mark steel and will write over oil and such. fill in engraved area let sit for a second or two. then wipe off the extra around what you numbered. shoud stay unless they get in a lot of solvent.
 
I use "Lacquer-Stik" from Brownell's Gunsmithing for things like that. They sell them for bringing out the roll marks on guns, for which it works well. Seems to stay even after repeated cleaning and oiling. I clean with brake cleaner before application, let it dry, wipe off the excess, and oil up the piece.

I have used the white on the instrument panel engraving and red in the "Fluid Drive" emblems on my old Dodge. The red faded a bit being outside, but did not flake or come off.

Josh
 
(quoted from post at 22:08:50 09/19/13) As i get older, my eyes aren't what they used to be so ... i want to color in the engraved numbers & letters on my socket sets and wrenches.

What materials & methods have you used?
Do some colors work better than others?

Thanks,
Tom (rammer)

You must not wrench a lot. Most guys who do can look at the business end of a wrench or socket and know the size.
 
I believe he said his eyes were not what they used to be. I have the same problem. Been wrenching since I was ten. I am 63 now. Some things just don't work like they used to.

I do work on mostly small engines now. Paint has worked for me. Plus I made a chart so I know what paint covers what size.
 
Try using a plastic rack for the sockets like the one Lisle sells ...I think Sears stocks them too. As long as you put each socket back in the rack when you are done you shouldn't even need to look at what size they are. The ones I mean are orange/red and have a magnet in them to hold the laid down deep and shallow sockets. They make them for all three normal drive sizes.

I have seen the colored sockets at that horrible fright store and they might work for you too, once you get used to what color is what size.
 
When I started wearing corrective lenses in my 40's, my ability to look at a wrench for size went out the window. Every thing got bigger so I was always grabbing the smaller size wrench, still do at 77. Frustrating.
 
There's also the socket racks with the pin sticking up, that you drop the sockets onto. They tend to be red or grey and have the size colored and engraved on top of the pin.

If you just used paint, you'd have to put it on then clean it off without taking it back out of the engraved/stamped numbers.
 
Same problem. Years ago I bought some size tapes for my sockets (sorry, but I don't remember where I got them). Tapes go completely around the base of the sockets, Black numbers on Silver background, numbers repeat all around the socket. Have them on all my 3/8 & 1/2 inch drive sockets. Numbers on my 3/4 drive are large enough that I can see them with no problem.
 

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