Bought cheap mortar mixer bits, lost a whole afternoon

Picked up a no-name mixing paddle off Amazon for $12 last week. It threw chunks of rust into my mud on the second batch, had to stop and clean everything out. Anyone else had junk tools ruin a batch like that?

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foster.mary13d ago

Used to think cheap tools were fine, but that rust story changed my whole view on them.

the_lucas13d ago

Wait, did the rust actually ruin the tool completely or was it just surface stuff? I had a similar thing happen with a hammer I bought from the hardware store, left it outside for like a week and the head started flaking orange. But here's the thing, I just hit the rust with some sandpaper and a bit of oil and it was fine after that. Maybe cheaper tools just need a little more upkeep if you don't store them right. I've got a couple of expensive wrenches that still look brand new after years in the garage, but I treat them like they're made of glass. For the stuff I use once and forget about, cheap tools work fine as long as you dry them off quick.