Susan, I find that odd. I started using TSP mainly because I read that
it doesn't rust/corrode tools the way bleach does. In fact it said it
keeps metal bright and shiny. I've been using it for several years now.
Mainly I use knives (rarely clippers). I rinse off the knife to wash off
sap. I wash it with soap first if it has dried. The knife goes into the
TSP solution for a long time; hours, not minutes. Later I take it out,
rinse it off, and put it back in the drawer. No rust.

Steve



Susan Erickson wrote:

Used to use this. You have to have a super saturated solution.
Mix it with hot water and add tsp until it will not dissolve.
When it cools some will drop out of solution. Now any tool that
is to be sterilized in this solution, MUST live in the solution.
It will RUST immediately if you put it on the shelf. This
requires you to have several cutting instruments soaking, so that
one is always available. It is not worth the RUST. There are
other means and better ways.


SuE
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