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    Kitchen Things to Have in the Garage

    Randall EvansBy Randall EvansApril 5, 2016Updated:April 5, 2016No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Just recently we were raiding our own kitchen for a small container to keep some bolts and nuts in when it occurred to us how many “garage-useful” kitchen items exist. Take it from Fort Dodge Ford, you can give some common household items a second chance in your garage.

    Pots and Pans You No Longer Need

    Retired pots and pans are excellent things to use for cleaning small parts.  Suppose you’re working on an old lawnmower and it’s time to dunk the carburetor in carb cleaner.  For a duty like this, you simply can’t beat an old pot.  Not only will the metal resist any of the car cleaners’ effects, you have a nice handle by which you can move the pot around your shop.

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    Snap-lock containers

    As any handyperson will tell you, when you take just about anything apart, it is best to put the bolts, nuts and other parts into a container for safekeeping.  This is definitely true if you are not going to need the item for a while. A snap-lock style container is a no-brainer for this purpose. These containers are bought (think: Tupperware containers) or occasionally given to you when you buy something (think: deli meat containers).

    Other containers

    If you have to store a lot of something, use some of those big two-pound plastic or metal coffee containers. Those things are great.  They have big openings and their covers are designed for frequent openings and closings.  Face it, if you had to buy these containers only for storage, you might.  They work that well!

    Ziploc plastic bags

    Another important item to have in the garage is a selection of Ziploc bags. These bags of various sizes can keep small parts clean and dry; while the smaller ones (“baggies”) are quite cheap, the larger ones with reusable Ziploc tops are usually more expensive.  The solution of course, is to grab the large ones when they’re done with kitchen duty and put them to work in the garage.

    Miscellaneous things

    Here is a brief list of other kitchen supplies and possible uses:

    Steel wool— to clean virtually any surface

    Tinfoil—excellent for masking parts for painting

    Sponges and old wash cloths – to clean up spills

    Hair Dryers

    We know, not a kitchen item but a useful one.  Hair dryers allow you to concentrate heat on objects so you can strip off paint, loosen adhesives, etc.  You really should have one of these in the garage!

    As has been implied, the great news is many of the objects that you might draft for garage duty actually do get retired from kitchen or other usage once in a while. With a bit of thought, we are sure you can come up with many other items that were originally made for household use but can serve their purposes in the garage.  This sort of thing really represents recycling at its finest; finding encore performances for stuff that ordinarily would be tossed out.

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    Randall Evans

    Randall Evans, who is a retired mechanic, Air Force Engineer and avid automotive enthusiast. As much as he loves everything automotive, his true love rests with the building of Off- Road vehicles.

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