Sticky Hand Tool Handles Survey
Please take the following survey if you have hand tools with sticky handles.
Tim built custom homes and did ultra-custom remodeling for 20+ years before launching his Ask the Builder media presence. He was selected as one of the Big 50 by Remodeling magazine in 1993. This award gave birth to Ask the Builder in October 1993. Tim also operates https://DrawPlumbingPlans.com. His @askthebuilder YouTube channel was the first home improvement channel on YouTube.
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Tim, have had rubber/soft plastic items go sticky after getting paint on them after say clear coating an item and painting over the rubber. Stay sticky forever without treatment. Admit in some cases I just roll them in dust and smash it on. It is like taking masking tape and getting the adhesive all dirty so it won't stick anymore. Sometimes handling the tools with cloth gloves pulls the sticky stuff on to the gloves. They are tools, meant to be disgusting.
There used to be a liquid rubber compound for coating things like tool handles....dip 'em in and remove, then hang to dry for a day or so. Don't know if it's still sold, but that could be a relatively easy cure. I used it 15 years ago to coat the handles of a favorite pliers tool.