The urethane handles on my older Wera screwdrivers is decomposing. I was under the impression that plastics, the bane of the earth, do not break down in the environment for millions of years. Hrmmmm.
Why are they rotting in my toolbox after a decade?

By AvvE

17 thoughts on “Stinky old screwdrivers make your tongue numb!”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars fastacker2 says:

    Many plastics and rubbery handles also contain a plasticiser chemical. You get a very sticky disgusting "bloom" of the stuff on the surface, which also tends to be an endocrine disrupter.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nick's Stuff says:

    Doesn't Wera do a range that's supposed to resist oils and craps?

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jawst A says:

    My snap-on tools with these grips are still good ๐Ÿ˜ got them when the design was introduced! had lots of use until 2010 and used on and off since!

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Victa Beer says:

    Purchased a pair of Stanton ST-150 Turntables that went sticky all over . Some sort of Chinesium coating ruined my decks .

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars warham s says:

    wood plastics like xcelite drivers and plastic pouches for holding wrenches and files. put those in a tool box and ask the wifey to grab you a #2 flatty one day :p

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jerry Gladwell says:

    My driver drawer is full of early 90's craftsman drivers. Smells like ass, but they still do the job. So, every time me and the wife go out special, I spritz some WD-40 on my neck and give the screwdrivers a coat too! Waiting for Yankee Candle to catch on!

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Reub3 says:

    Is this why my dads craftsman screwdrivers smell like ass mixed with stinky saliva?
    Had to throw them all out and buy him new ones. Now I'm regretting it.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Too Many Marys says:

    I have my grandfather's Craftsman screwdrivers with plastic handles. 1960s, I believe. Certainly before 1975.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Joe Arnold says:

    Old screwdriver handles were actually made of cocaine

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars PM Anthony Albanese says:

    The crescent screwdrivers have stunk like vomit for decades. I personally love that smell when I open the toolbox drawer.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars EchoWars says:

    Had some black-handled Snap-On screwdrivers stored in a toolbox that never got used. Stashed away for 20 years. When I came across it again (Hey! Looka what I rediscovered!) EVERY ONE of the Spank-On had the black handle in pieces and about 1/2 of the broken pieces had turned to a white dust. Weird as shit. Snark-On replaced them with a few phone calls…

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Dziubinski says:

    One of my dads old black fapoff screw drivers has been disintegrating in his tool box. Neither of us know how or why but its the only one in the kit that is.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Vince Sina says:

    And the people who own Bucket Boss I talked to some of those people there was brain dead has Biden LOL

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Vince Sina says:

    I hate f**** voice recognition I said tool rolls that are made by Bucket Boss and smell like vomit only 2 years old

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Vince Sina says:

    I have some chill rolls from Bucket Boss that are not more than 10 years old and they were in a toolkit and it smells like vomit

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JonesDiesel says:

    I have a bunch of my grandpas old craftsmen and misc tools, same thing. They smell awful. And even though theyve been cleaned some are permanently stick to the touch and leave your hands smelling

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Utili Taurian says:

    I don't know why this old vijayo came up on my feed but Crescent brand screwdrivers make your toolbox reek of old vomit.

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