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Aloha!
Living on an ISLAND in the middle of the OCEAN - on the SHORE - you get RUST! [V]
On everything! [
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Did a PunaWeb search and found nothing specific. [?]
I've scanned the internet and read the articles - BUT what really works - especially here! [8]
Need to PREVENT rust on tools - equipment, etc. [
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Need to CONVERT/REMOVE rust from same. [xx(]
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I douse a paper bag with WD-40 & put my tool heads in it when not in use. Helps a bit.
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Acids reverse rust.
Tannic acid has long been used for gun blue and naval jelly preparations.
Oil acts as not only a barrier but also an anti-oxidant. (fatty acid)
If you can keep a metal object from tempurature swings, that will help.
Just keeping a 25 watt bulb on in you gun cabinet will keep metals a few degrees above ambient and will prevent condensation of water.
I make my own WD40 type stuff.
My recipe is 3/4 gal of mineral spirits (varsal) and 1 qt of Mobil-1 motor oil (new)
The Mobil-1 has some very advanced anti-rust chemicals.
As the paint thinner evaporates, it leaves a very thin coating of oil.
The 2 absolute best things I have found for boats, guns, etc are
Eezox and Fluid Film.
Fluid film is amazing.
I have heard of people pouring their used motor oil in a bucket of sand. They plunge their shovels, machetes etc. down in that oilly sand a few times after each used.
The sand abrades the surface rust and it leave a light coating of oil.
If you will wipe down your (black) aluminum BBQ pit with some veggie oil after use and it has cooled a bit, it will make it stay black and prevent the white oxidization spots from appearing.
Oh yeah, I sprits my table saw, drill presses, bandsaw tables, etc. with a little cold galvanizing paint and burnish it with some 0000 steel wool. The zinc particles behave as a micro cathodic protection.
You can use some automotive paste wax to make it last longer.
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Well, having lived on boats for a bit I'll tell you Hawaii is easy compared to that. . .at least it isn't salt water.
The product Boeshield T-9 is pretty effective and not a gimmick. It dries which is good too. Anhydrous lanolin is the best for threads and locks and such, and I find chainsaw bar oil to be pretty good too. Motor oil is no substitute. For treating rust and such Ospho or other P. acids are good. Most pros prime on ships use oil based enamels anymore as expoxies are somewhat out of favor, but a 2 part such as Ameron 335 bar rust is good, especially with an oil base as a top coat.
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Phosphoric (sp) acid. Sold in the ace hardware as "ospho"
ospho converts rust into a paintable base coat....
http://www.ospho.com/
Yup - I used it on boats also - we still do use it on our fleet of passenger boats at the company I managed before retirement (
www.funzoneboats.com,
www.tikiboat.com)
- How do you make a small fortune running boats? - start with a large one
Anhydrous lanolin is what they make the Fluid Film products from.
They have a spray, gallons in liquid and a grease.
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Does anyone know where a spray can of Fluid Film can be purchased?
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esnap, have you actually ordered anything through mowpart.com yourself? According to the website, the shipping cost for a $7.50 can of Fluid Film is $35!
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Dang! No, I have only bought it at A John Deere dealership.
And I got a free sample at a trade show in Atlanta.
That little free sample was what sold me on it.
You could spray an iron skillet with that stuff and throw it in the ocean and it would take a long time before it rusts.
If it is because that are sending it ups. I'll reship it for you.
See if you can get a few more people to get a can and ship it to me. I'll send it in a flat rate box to you.
It would be my pleasure.
Heck, I think it would be a nice little side business for someone to start a dealership on the BI. If no one has by the time I get there, I will start bringing it in.
