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Keeping rust off tools
Manxmodder:
--- Quote from: Brass_Machine on July 14, 2013, 03:43:20 PM ---Lanolin huh? I will have to give that a shot.
I just moved to a different house and will be setting up shop in a garage (instead of a basement). The plus sides... not a damp and moldy basement but now a non insulated garage. I moved up to the hills, so it will be cold in the winter!
Eric
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Hi Eric,I second what others have said about having a dehumidifier in the workshop.
Mine controls the humidity level down to around 50% and I haven't had any problems with condensation causing rust since installing it in the shop.
Another method I use is to heat metal objects with a heat gun or in an oven to drive all moisture out of the pores and then soak the hot object in Hammerite waxoyl(or equivalent other brand car underbody wax)
This method allows the waxoyl liquid to penetrate into the metal pores then wipe of the surplus and let the item cool down.
Also as Andrew suggests lanolin is a really good natural moisture repellant and would also be very effective if applied by the hot method I describe above....OZ.
Jeff May:
Some type of oil on the bigger parts and inside my tool boxes I have a block of Camphor in each drawer.
Never had a rust problem inside the tool chest.
superc:
I guess I am the only one liking iron-phosphate?
Manxmodder:
superc,iron phosphate products do have their uses and place but I wouldn't want to use it on my hand tools due to the change in surface appearance.
Hence my preference for using a hot penetrative waxoyl treatment.
I have tested pieces of steel treated with the waxoyl technique by placing them in the outside weather environment for months on end and they don't display any surface rusting....OZ.
lylekelley3:
Buy blocks of champhor, slit the plastic wrapper, put in toolbox drawer. 1 or 2 blocks (2"x2"x3/8") per tool box usually works.
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