How to get locking lugs off.

forget the fancy tools, take a 12 point socket that you don't care about, a cheap one works best, one that just is barely bigger than the locking lugs nuts, beat it on with a mini-sledge, then spin it off with a break bar or ratchet. That's what we did when i worked in the local tire store in highschool. I still do that to this day when i lose those lock lug tools.
How do you get the socket off to re-use it