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How To Keep Your Tool Box Tidy

by Jason Kelly
Jason Kelly

Ever since he was a child, Jason has loved repairing, building and creating things. Growing up, he spent all his free time carving intricate woodcraft pieces that soon caught the eye of neighbours and friends. Before he knew it, Jason turned his hobby into a job, earning an income from being his hometowns handyman. Many years have passed since then but Jason’s enthusiasm for woodwork remains the same. He can usually be found in his workshop, crafting furniture or restoring old treasures.

Last Updated: March 30, 2021

How To Keep Your Tool Box Tidy

Chances are, if you love DIY, then you have a toolbox that’s packed full of all kinds of tools. Or perhaps you work in a profession as a mechanic, carpenter or plumber for example that requires you to carry a toolbox to keep all your work gear organized. But therein lies the rub! How organized is it?

Have you figured out how to store everything logically and neatly so that you can grab the right tool on demand for the job? Or are you guilty of hoarding a disorganized mess!

It’s time-consuming, not to mention frustrating, sifting through a chaotic and unstructured jumble of tools and accessories. So today, we’re taking a quick look at how to keep your toolbox tidy with our fast and easy, top tips!

Tool box

Advantages of Keeping Your Toolbox Tidy

When it comes to keeping your toolbox tidy, the advantages and benefits are clear. Luckily there are plenty of excellent products out there on the market that help you efficiently store and manage a variety of different sized and shaped tools.

Below we’ve listed out our top recommendations as to why it’s so important to keep on top of your storage.

Saves Time

One of the most significant benefits of organizing your toolbox is it allows you to quickly get the right tool you need for each and every job. Less time rummaging around inside your toolbox trying to salvage random tools means you can be more efficient with the task in hand. No more diving in for a wrench and pulling out a screwdriver that you just don’t need. Gone are the usual excuses for slacking on those essential home improvements! With a tidy toolbox, you’ll quickly turn into the DIY King.

Reduces the Risk of Losing Tools

When you organize your toolbox and create storage structure, you reduce the risk of accidentally losing your tools after completing each project. Misplacing tools can be frustrating, especially when you need to quickly locate something in case of a home or work emergency. The leak that’s just sprung won’t fix itself. And the longer you dither about trying to locate the correct sized wrench, the more damage the water pouring out everywhere is likely to cause. Speed is of the essence, and that’s where tidiness counts.

Keeps Your Tools Clean

Organizing your tool helps to maintain them in better working order, keeping them clean, as well as spaced out evenly, can protect them from subsequent rust, dings, dents, and damage.

Helps Prolong the Life of Your Tool

Properly organizing your tools can help prolong their lifetime use by minimizing the build-up of caked-on grime and debris between your tools.

Worker choosing the tools

How to Keep Your Tools Tidy and Organized

Keeping your toolbox and your tools clean, tidy, and organized is easy if you have access to the right materials. It also requires a degree of self-discipline and forming good habits by remembering to return your tools to their dedicated slot whenever you’ve taken them out to use on a project.

We’ve suggested some top tips below that you can easily implement to help organize any existing toolbox you own.

Using Foam to Line Your Toolbox

Foam is one of the best materials to use to help you organize and tidy up your toolbox. Foam is a very versatile material that can be cut to conform to the shape of any number of toolkits. Another advantage is that it can also be cut to a multitude of forms that can help fit different shaped and sized tools into your storage box.

The foam can also be used to create custom dividers to help you organize your toolbox more productively.

Sorting Out The Types of Tools According to Use

Organizing your tools according to their type help tidy up your toolbox. By grouping your screwdrivers, stud finder, wrenches, wire cutters, heat guns, soldering irons and sockets together, it will be so much easier to find the right size of tool you require.

Label Your Toolbox Sections

Labeling your toolbox sections is also an excellent idea and will make it so much easier for you to locate specific tools plus, it also makes it obvious where they should be returned back to after use.

Worker holding the wrench tools

Cleaning Your Tools Frequently

Regularly routine cleaning of your tools can also help tidy-up your toolbox. Cleaning your tools can help prevent the build-up of rust and grime, thereby positively prolonging the life of your tools and toolbox, and possibly save some money.

So there you have it. Quick to implement and cost-effective ways on how to keep your toolbox tidy.

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