How to Sanitize Garden Tools
- 1). Pour 3 cups of bleach into a bowl. Dilute the bleach by pouring 1 gallon of water into the bowl.
- 2). Submerge garden tools in the bowl and allow the tools to sit for 1 minute.
- 3). Dry the garden tools with paper towels.
- 4). Wet a paper towel with lubricating oil such as WD-40. Wipe the metal portions of the tools with the oily paper towel to coat. Rub linseed oil into wooden handles.
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