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Proper Care of Bonsai Garden Tools

Bonsai garden tools are very essential in growing a bonsai tree and proper care is needed for them to function well. Keeping bonsai garden tools free from rust allows you to trim or cut branches of your plant with ease and at the same time ensure they are safe to use. For proper care of your bonsai garden tools, please follow the guidelines below.

Removing the rust:

After using your bonsai garden tools, it is important to make sure that you will not leave them outside overnight or even worse in a bucket with water. Rust can develop rapidly after a few hours and if rusts develop on your tools, use a small piece of steel wool to remove them and then put some oil or grease on the part affected. This should remove rust from the tool quickly. Maintain doing the same procedure after every use. Alternatively, you can spray a little amount of WD40 on the tool.

Use of rubber matting:

Accidents like dropping your bonsai garden tools while trimming the branches normally happens. When this occurs, there is a possibility that your tool could get damaged. To prevent this from happening, it is best to place rubber matting around your trimming bench or table. Just in case your tools get damaged, you can take them to an expert for repair.

Sharpening of tools:

Keeping your bonsai garden tools sharp is also a must. Trimming a lot of bonsai trees can cause the razor blades to become dull rapidly. Regular sharpening every week is required so that it will be easy for you to work on the trimming of your bonsai plant. You can use a flat oil stone for sharpening your tools with straight blades. For sharpening branch and knob cutters, you can use a curved stone. It is also advisable to practice sharpening a plain pair of scissors first before sharpening your bonsai garden tools.

Proper storage of bonsai garden tools:

After you have sharpened and oiled your bonsai tools, it is best to keep them in a cloth or leather bag. Storing them in a box or bucket is not really recommended. A cloth or a leather bag can be purchased from bonsai shops and sometimes at bonsai exhibits. They are not that expensive but if you want to save money, you can actually make a customized bag of your own, which is actually fairly simple to do.

It is very important to follow the guidelines above for proper care of your bonsai garden tools. After all, you can work conveniently and you are sure that your plants are safe if your tools are well maintained.

 

 
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