My friend's husband borrowed her tools. When she found them all dirty and grimy, she was mad. To solve this, she put them all in the dishwasher, added soap, and then they looked brand new again. I must tell her to paint the handles pink! To add to this thread, I have always used a halfmoon piece of foam, with added glue strip on the bottom, aside my sewing machine to stick my large needles, my ripper with a lost top, maybe a small screwdriver, anything that I needed close to my machine. The floral thing comes from a florist and it has the glue strip on it, probably can be found now at the hobby shops. Love this thread!!