Tool Box Smells DISGUSTING?! Here’s Why!

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@blastshieldaddiction 2 ай бұрын

I'm a child of the 60s. I've had this tool box set for about 20 years. I've broken down and cleaned the tools within, literally washed the tool boxes with soap and water and that damn smell kept coming back! Now I know (for aure) that someone in my family is not pooping in my tool boxes! Thank you for giving an old man his sanity back, along with some knowledge to pass down. Much appreciated!

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

I’m really glad to help, also amazed and humbled how many views this video has already. Hope you are subscribed! I’m going to start trying to do “fun fact” videos more often

@czechmate6916 2 ай бұрын

I’ve done the same thing you have done and couldn’t figure out why the smell kept coming back. Now we know.

@MrHandyDad 2 ай бұрын

I have sprayed the handles w/ Krylon & Rustoleum "Stone Textured Spray Paint" Makes nice non-slip finish & BEST PART - stops the Stink... LOL

@mjg263 2 ай бұрын

I always knew it was my Craftsman screwdrivers in all of my toolboxes that smelled like puke, but I never knew why! Over the years I’ve tried scrubbing them with every kind of cleaner but they always stink. I’m just used to it now. Thank you for the explanation!

@trekzilladmc 2 ай бұрын

The other problem, I found, is that they'll contaminate anything that's stored in the drawer with them. I had a set of newer Craftsman screwdrivers that didn't have that smell, and unfortunately, stored them with some of the pukey screwdrivers, and I could not get the smell off the Craftsman for nothing, no matter what I used on them. I ended up spraying them with three coats of outdoor polyurethane to try to encapsulate them, and it did end up finally eliminating that smell.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Yea I’m screwed as well. But at least we aren’t looking for dead rodents anymore :)

@louisd95714 2 ай бұрын

LMAO! I have always wondered about this also. Thank you for solving the big mystery!

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

I’m glad I can help! Hope you are subscribed :-) hoping to publish more fun facts soon

@rogermccaslin5963 2 ай бұрын

What I learned today: screwdrivers are made out of chipmunk.

@spacecat7247 2 ай бұрын

Lol nice

@TonyTruth-s9z 2 ай бұрын

And I've been throwing perfectly good chipmunks away.

@ErikOosterwal 2 ай бұрын

...and soap. 🤔

@garylatture8948 2 ай бұрын

The plastic is Tenite made with butyric acid that off gasses over time. If you think screwdrivers smell you should work where the plastic is made. The smell gets in your skin and you can smell it on your hands when you eat.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

That’s brutal! I’m going on a limb but when I take my kid fishing and he gets like 30 bluegills, I cannot get the fish smell off for like a day

@Catnip170 2 ай бұрын

Thank YOU!! I have been wondering about this for years. I recently organized and moved some tools into a new container, and the smell is in the new containers. I almost asked my brothers what the smell was, but I thought they would laugh at me.😂 Thought it was just me!! 😘

@Atown804 2 ай бұрын

Lol I have a set of craftsman screwdrivers that are 25 years old and they still stink. Great video. Anytime someone wants to borrow a screwdriver. It’s always funny when they open the tool box.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Hhehee they will forever!!! It’s part of the trade/hobby. And thanks. I hope you’re subscribed :)

@czechmate6916 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this story with us and answering a question that’s been bugging me for a long time.

@dvig3261 2 ай бұрын

“American made…” lmfao!!🤣😂🤣

@markw208 2 ай бұрын

Great information. Years ago I had a full set of Sears & Roebuck Craftsman tools 🛠️ (just making a point). I also had an Xcelite screwdriver with a yellow handle. That smell is “putrid”. I’ll never forget Eddie Lampert destroyed an American Icon. Same with Jack Welch and GE

@torrycole6477 2 ай бұрын

I have this problem . I thought the liner was made from dead fish!!! Thanks for the insight. I just leave the draw open a little bit

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

I’m glad I made this video lol 1700 views in three days, I guess everybody else deals with the same smell as well. Hope you are subscribed :-)

@torrycole6477 2 ай бұрын

This afternoon I looked though my screwdriver drawer well more liked sniff through it. Sure as sh@& found three old screwdriver just like in your video. Pulled them out , hopefully they do t stink up the whole garage.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

@@torrycole6477 oh goodness! I think we all kind of just need to embrace it. It’s nostalgic. And it’s one of those smells that keeps you guessing. Well I guess not anymore… Thank you for being here :-) hope you are subscribed

@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont 2 ай бұрын

And here I figured I was the only one to notice this! I first caught this aroma in an old toolbox in the late 1970s when I was about 12. I thought maybe it was the light rust on some of the tools. The box smelled like vomit to me. Over time I figured out it was probably the "plastic" in the handles. Old plastic boxes, buckets, etc. often have a smell I call "stuck behind an old man in the grocery store on a hot day". I have a few Craftsman tools that have that odor. This never seemed to be a problem with Stanley tools. Perhaps they use a better grade of plastic.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

That’s funny. It’s not the quality so much as the chemical process

@spacecat7247 2 ай бұрын

Dealt with this as well. Had some stuff in storage for a few years. Some handles will off gas like a small jet and destroy the finish on the tools around them as well. Its crazy. I was like wth just happened? Bit of new knowledge. Thank you.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! Glad it helps :-) this channel doesn’t have very many “fun fact” videos, but I think I’m going to start doing them. My sister-in-law used to call me “Snapple bottle” lol maybe I should share some of my useless facts with the world on here ha ha hope you are subscribed thanks for being here

@spacecat7247 2 ай бұрын

@@DrewGarage yes. Anything works. Many paths for a channel.

@1coppertop 2 ай бұрын

I had a tin collectable nascar box with a bunch of screwdrivers in it from sears. All still new. I threw it in the trash. It stank. And i save everything.

@1958johndeere620 2 ай бұрын

I always thought someone was playing " cornhole " with my screw drivers. Now I don't need to worry about pinkeye.

@ElChupa_Cabra 2 ай бұрын

My screwdriver drawer smells horrible. I left the house for about 5yrs and came back I always wondered what died in there. I thought rats peed on them and I hated touching them. I feel better now lol. I did put them all in an ultra sonic cleaner with some rust remover solution ( I didn’t have any cleaner on hand) my drawer still stinks haha, I’ll try some simple green one of these days.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

lol glad you have peace of mind! Nothing will stop that smell, outside of some kind of airtight coating, because it’s actually being produced by the slow decomposition of the cellulose acetate

@metalmaggot 2 ай бұрын

The 70's Snap On square black handles are the worst!

@tonydfixertonydfixer9113 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I had to laugh immediately when reading the title. I remember that odor since wood screwdriver handles went out of style

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

lol I wish they didn’t! Cause these are brutal lol

@user-rp8eh7gr5i 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining why my toolbox smells like trash. Dryer sheets help, but wear out quickly.

@mauricehains5820 2 ай бұрын

Do like in your fridge. Put a container with baking soda in the drawer. It will absorb the smelly butyric acid. Change as needed. The more free butyric acid in the closed drawer, the quicker the decomposition of the plastic handles.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

This is helpful I hope a lot of people see it

@Shawn666Hellion 2 ай бұрын

I work in the tool and die industry, i just have a few craftsman screw drivers but the clear handle one,no stinky rotten cheese odor thankfully

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Give them time hahahaha all kidding aside they may different chemically

@1951Roy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, good to know. I like the way your sockets are arranged, that's on my to do list.

@DrewGarage 3 ай бұрын

It’s funny you say that! For years I would think, every time I grabbed them, that I need to make something to organize them. I finally decided to just get one of those plates at HARBOR FREIGHT that have the standard socket bars riveted to them. Not perfect organization, but close enough. Someday, I am going to use various size drillbits and a couple pieces of three-quarter inch hardwood Plywood and make beautiful ones. But as of right now, I’m lucky I have time to use the bathroom lol Thank you as always for being here :-)

@TheRustWhisperer 2 ай бұрын

I just plasti dip em peel and redo when it wears

@johndouglas4528 2 ай бұрын

That was extremely useful. I have one tool kit that stinks. Now I know it's because of my old screw driver I call "Big Orange". It thought it was something else.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

lol glad to help!

@BanterMaestro2-y9z 2 ай бұрын

Had some Xcelite nutdrivers back in the 70s. It was that plastic they made the handles from. Good lord did that stink.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Yes it’s the wood pulp stuff! Nasty but familiar

@richardheeth6218 2 ай бұрын

There's another product that contains butyric acid. American chocolate. Next time you tear open your chocolate bars or package after M&M's, take a deep whiff and you will smell it. The same chemical is in vomit. European chocolate does not contain this chemical. That's why Europeans dislike American chocolate. Sorry if I've put anyone off of their snack.

@breakawaymotorsports 2 ай бұрын

Yep! Learned this years ago. What a smell!

@M21-w1y 2 ай бұрын

I’ve always wondered why my toolbox smelled like shit😡

@TravelingHat 2 ай бұрын

Holy crap. I always blamed this on the cats lol

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

lol!!!! Glad to help!

@thomasblevins1662 2 ай бұрын

Personally…. I like the funky smell. It’s just one of the great parts of being a mechanic. Where would we be without the smell of oil, grease, gas…and funky screwdrivers. C’mon…don’t you just love the smell of rear end grease. Nuttin’ like it…hehehe

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Yes! I’ve replied to a bunch of folks stating it’s nostalgic lol this brings up some other good points. There are tons of smells in automotive world that we shouldn’t find comforting but do How about the smell of inside a crank case?

@jameswalker3729 2 ай бұрын

I've never had a screwdriver not get lost within 2 years...

@blipco5 2 ай бұрын

Wait a few years and you’ll be able to find them by smell.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

HA!!! I’m Not exactly proud of how many I loose :)

@jameswalker3729 2 ай бұрын

@@blipco5 Dunno, they're probably out in a field somewhere, buried.

@blipco5 2 ай бұрын

@@jameswalker3729 You have dog?

@FrankStein1 2 ай бұрын

Yep excelite is what i have in my electronics tool box and for 30 years ive been dealing with that rancid smell.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

lol! Irs not just them. It’s been 35 years or more - ever since I started going into tool boxes (I started young) of that smell. That’s why I hope a lot of people see this! So they know there isn’t a dead critter where they can’t find it hahahhaa

@williamparrish673 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Had a chance to get a tool box / chest from down in the keys. It stunk so bad I had to pass. I thought it was from hurricane back water. To bad.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

I always assumed, as a kid, it was something rotting. I guess in theory it is, but I mean like a dead animal or a snickers bar or something.

@CountYulith 3 ай бұрын

I figured out that some of my screwdrivers smelled a while ago. Some of them also secrete an oily substance that will get on your hands, I trashed them. Not sure if there is anything else to do with them really unless you don't mind the stink. Or if you really had time on your hands, I suppose one could shatter the plastic handle off, and keep the metal and try to make a new wooden handle for it.

@DrewGarage 3 ай бұрын

It doesn’t bother me because I wear gloves 99.97% of the time I work I’ve always been clean that way, but when my third kid was still a baby, my wife ran out into the garage with him blue and choking on a piece of food, and I was covered from my fingertips to my elbows in Greece from the chassis of my 1950 Chevy Long story short, the child is alive and well. He tasted and definitely digested some grease that day… Ever since then, my OCD is much worse about keeping my hands clean. And it was already bad

@marcjtdc 2 ай бұрын

I have beaten my harbor freight screwdrivers up for years and they are still perfect. My coworker has to grind down his craftsman flatheads when they round off. I think they were 10 bucks for the HF set lol.

@MsCriticalthinker201 2 ай бұрын

I soak them in the parts washer for a day or so and that smell and the moldy looking stuff just goes away.

@shanebehringer7952 2 ай бұрын

I have wondered this for yeeaaars. Thanks dude

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

You’re most welcome! Please like and subscribe if you haven’t already :)

@mlieser1230 2 ай бұрын

My screwdriver drawer emitted different smells depending on weather and temperature conditions. Sometimes it smelled like tobacco. Sometimes it smelled like vomit. Sometimes it smelled like someone to a dump in the drawer. It was the Craftsman screwdrivers.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

EXACTLY!!!!! It’s the cellulose acetate

@zapa1pnt 2 ай бұрын

@@DrewGarage: Drew, I think you misspelled "assetate". 😁✌🖖

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

@@zapa1pnt OOPS! no fixing now lol

@raymondcarl1804 2 ай бұрын

Well that explains why the set of nut drivers I have had for years reek to high heaven

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Yes!!!! It’s a nostalgic smell for sure

@saewoody6366 2 ай бұрын

I actually try to leave my screwdriver drawer open as much as possible. The smell as always baffled me. Thanks!

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Your welcome!!! Sadly I lock mine. My shop would be easy to break into

@Boreascorax 2 ай бұрын

I inherited a tool box after a friend of mine passed away. Honestly I thought he'd been carrying a turd around in the thing. Horrid.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Yes it is rather horrid BUT!!!! The smell of simpler times hahahaha don’t toss the toolbox! Makes the work you do with the tools “stink” that much less hahaha sorry for your loss bye the way

@robertanderson1272 2 ай бұрын

All my old Craftsman screw drivers stink now i use wood handle ones saved the stinkers for loaner screwdrivers.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t handle screwdrivers! Another item from “the better days” I love it. Hope you are subscribed :-)

@Swedishchef70 2 ай бұрын

Coffee grinds will kick out the funk.

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Yes!!!! I used to put them under the seat of my car. Now I just drop some essential oil in the vent if I want it to smell nice in there

@apexheritage 3 ай бұрын

ohh....

@69A12SuperBee 2 ай бұрын

Somebody buys a shit load of parts from rock auto. 😂

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

This is NOTHING lol I time as many of my jobs as I can around them. The time I save not dealing with wholesale parts counters is worth it alone, let alone the money. I try to get original parts but form their original manufacturer - like aisin water pumps for toyota etc

@timmywright9240 2 ай бұрын

Drop a dryer sheet in there

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

I avoid those things actually. I don’t use fragrance unless natural. This smell doesn’t bother me as much as I just thought yall would want to know why

@timmywright9240 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for replying take care buddy

@mifi5913 2 ай бұрын

Kind of smells like when you were a teen and finally gettin’ some………..

@mikejohnson4617 2 ай бұрын

Everyone is out sniffing their toolboxes now. Are you happy now?

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

lol ABSOLUTELY! Haha. This is my contribution to the world hahaha usually it’s how to fix things but this and the amount of views - 9,000 in 6 days or something - is humbling

@RobertSiwik1968 2 ай бұрын

I actually like the smell. Just hate the white funk

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Hey no judgment from me! I just replied to somebody else, saying that it brings me back to better times. Hope you are subscribed :-) thank you for being here

@bobjoe1593 2 ай бұрын

I swear that it varies by batches or brands. My dad has some old yellow handled ones that smell bad, but he also has some of the clear craftsmans and they actually smell sweet and like herbal or minty and it's one of those scent that brings back memories of working on things when I was younger

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

@@bobjoe1593⁠oh yea the yellowish orange seem to be the worst. They look like hard candy that sat for years, too. Just not quite right. Nostalgic for sure. But bleh I wish it was a different smell

@jameskerrigan2997 2 ай бұрын

Best revenge is little shrimp dropped down some jerks heater vent. Within a day it reeks. No way to get it out with out tearing apart dash.😂 Priceless😂😂😂

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

This dude at my last day job before self employment took a prank to far in some colleagues I liked. Being a car guy I explained to them how to hide a fish up inside his fender liner. They did it at 8-830 am in July. On the drive from Rochester to Syracuse that night, he apparently pulled over multiple times to vomit. He found the fish. He never found me.

@charlesebyjr2925 2 ай бұрын

I didn’t buy cheap tools, no smell, sorry 😢

@DrewGarage 2 ай бұрын

Lord willing you’ll have the time to find out that they smell too. A screwdriver need not be more complicated than a craftsman or higher grade harbor freight for me. Been feeding my family of 6 with just my income for a long time with affordable tools.