question , Why are impact tools black its PITA

[saleen 192]

why are impact tools black you can never bloody find them when you loose them in the engine back working on a car or truck

Normal sockets are silver hopfully you shine a torch in and the reflection gives its location but a black socket you just cant find them please manufactors make them a differant color
sorry rant over

 

[TransAmDan]

why are impact tools black you can never bloody find them when you loose them in the engine back working on a car or truck

Normal sockets are silver hopfully you shine a torch in and the reflection gives its location but a black socket you just cant find them please manufactors make them a differant color
sorry rant over

Spray paint them yellow. Yellow is a good colour.

 

[saleen 192]

PMSL..

 

[Will]

Lol good question and I agree with the rant, they can be a bugger to find under a car in the dark lol
But it got me thinking, why are they black . I always thought it had something to do with them being harder. I found this online, I think it was on the Teng Tools USA website..
Impact sockets are typically black. This is because the surface is carbonized in order for it to harden. Ensuring that the surface is hard allows the sockets to absorb sudden torque changes i.e. “impact” a lot better.

 

[saleen 192]

With today technology make them easy to find be worth paying a bit more.

 

[saleen 192]

started to put the size on them with a white paint pen now much better

 

[TransAmDan]

started to put the size on them with a white paint pen now much better

Should paint them day glow yellow like on 'Only fools and horses'

 

[saleen 192]

Now thats an idea