What is a good rust preventative for machine storage.
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Re: What is a good rust preventative for machine storage.
You can buy a pound of lanolin for $17 on Ebay.
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Now that I realize I may have been snookered when I bought Corrosion-X, I am interested in lanolin. I have read that you can mix lanolin with a thinner which evaporates, in a 1:5 ratio. Use the mixture to coat steel or iron, and when the solvent evaporates, you have a lanolin film. It's easier than rubbing lanolin on with a rag.
Some non-flammable candidates for the solvent: kerosene, WD-40, and mineral spirits. I guess diesel would work, but the smell would take a long time to dissipate. Where I live, kerosene can be had for $10/gallon. A pound of kerosene mixed with 5 pounds of kerosene would give around a gallon of rust preventative for $27, which is better than paying $23/quart for Corrosion-X. A web source says kerosene weighs 6.68 pounds/gallon, so pour out one pint of kerosene, replace it with lanolin, and you're somewhere around 1:5.
Just a thought.
Some non-flammable candidates for the solvent: kerosene, WD-40, and mineral spirits. I guess diesel would work, but the smell would take a long time to dissipate. Where I live, kerosene can be had for $10/gallon. A pound of kerosene mixed with 5 pounds of kerosene would give around a gallon of rust preventative for $27, which is better than paying $23/quart for Corrosion-X. A web source says kerosene weighs 6.68 pounds/gallon, so pour out one pint of kerosene, replace it with lanolin, and you're somewhere around 1:5.
Just a thought.
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Re: What is a good rust preventative for machine storage.
I live in the coast in sunny south Africa (similar climate to San Diego). Not only is humidity around 90% all the time and weather hot, we also have the sea breeze blowing up the hill and into the house. Everything rusts here!
In my workshop I run an electric dehumidifier 24/7 and I am getting no rust on my machines.
My table saw on the other hand sits in the garage and I need to sand down the the cast iron table every 6 months and apply paraffin wax.
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In my workshop I run an electric dehumidifier 24/7 and I am getting no rust on my machines.
My table saw on the other hand sits in the garage and I need to sand down the the cast iron table every 6 months and apply paraffin wax.
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Re: What is a good rust preventative for machine storage.
Welcome to Florida!SteveHGraham wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:49 pm I had virtually no rust issues in Miami, but here in Ocala, things rust for no reason.
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Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!
Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!
Re: What is a good rust preventative for machine storage.
737 what are you using on the airplanes where you work?
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Unless I don't understand common math, 5 pounds of kerosene mix with a pound of kerosene would yield six pounds of kerosene.SteveHGraham wrote: ↑Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:28 am A pound of kerosene mixed with 5 pounds of kerosene would give around a gallon of rust preventative for $27,
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SteveHGraham writes:
Some non-flammable candidates for the solvent: kerosene, WD-40, and mineral spirits.
All of those are flammable.
Some non-flammable candidates for the solvent: kerosene, WD-40, and mineral spirits.
All of those are flammable.
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No, those are all combustible.
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This is what you get when you kill the forum's "edit" button.Harold_V wrote: ↑Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:12 pmUnless I don't understand common math, 5 pounds of kerosene mix with a pound of kerosene would yield six pounds of kerosene.SteveHGraham wrote: ↑Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:28 am A pound of kerosene mixed with 5 pounds of kerosene would give around a gallon of rust preventative for $27,
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Well, wait. No. I was right. Five pounds of kerosene is not far from a gallon, and a pound of lanolin would make up most of the difference.
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cosmoline….
I have stuff left over from WWII that is in the same state as it was when it was packed at the Springfield Armory...
I have stuff left over from WWII that is in the same state as it was when it was packed at the Springfield Armory...
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
Re: What is a good rust preventative for machine storage.
Fluid Film contains Lanolin, I have used it and it worked well, but I did no long term tests.
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Re: What is a good rust preventative for machine storage.
Because I got interested in this subject, I looked up cosmoline, and I haven't found any reasonable prices yet.
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