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8 February 2015 at 12:26 pm #124479
Try Corrosion X. It’s a product made in Texas, excellent for preventing rust. I accidentally left a tool out in the rain with no rust
I have rust issues too. What helps for me is to wipe all accessible surfaces with a rag wetted with wd40. No matter what opinion you may have about this stuff, it is actually designed for that.
It’s not a lubricant, although it can be used for it as well. Each time I sharpen my blades, the inside gets a wipe too. soo far so good.
Once I get my shop and bench built, a proper tool chest with little bags of rice should help with any humidity problems. Uncooked rice absorbs a lot of moisture
Diego
I used to live in the ultra-humid climate of central Texas (90% humidity during the Spring and Summer). As you can imagine, rust was an ever present enemy. Beside keeping everything stored with a light coat of oil, I was fortunate enough to have a big brother who was a Pharmacist. They receive their shipments of medications with the “disposable” silicone desiccant packs which I kept in my tool boxes, as well as near my firearms (I’m a retired Peace Officer). If you enquire of your local Pharmacist/Druggist, I’m sure they would share with you. Later on, I discovered the industrial packs and dehumidifiers that are sold to place in gun safes. These are quite good and very inexpensive. Check with U.S. companies like Brownell’s or MidwayUSA. I’ve done business with both for many years. Another popular option (and very inexpensive) are silicone impregnated wiping rags as used on firearms and fishing reels and available from any sporting goods outlet, as well as the above companies. Hope this helps!
9 February 2015 at 12:06 pm #124496Can’t speak to protection from rust, but I have spent some time restoring old tools, and the very best thing I have found for removing rust is something called Evapo-Rust. No idea what’s in it, or if you can get it outside Australia, but it’s like magic. Eats all the rust away, leaves the steel just fine, and doesn’t cost nearly as much as electrolysis, my former goto. Also, unlike electrolysis, it has some rust prevention qualities in and of itself, so you have less problems with flash rusting.
9 February 2015 at 1:25 pm #124497Eddy, if you have a tool chest you may want to put one of those vapor corrosion inhibitor products in it. There are several products like Zerust, just find what is available for you in the UK. Just google “VCI” and you’ll find something for you.
Dessicants, oil and VCI’s in closed containers, the trifecta of rust prevention!
12 February 2015 at 8:22 am #124582I get the same problem, living in Brisbane Australia humidity is a big problem. I was really annoyed the other week when I picked up my relatively new veritas router that I hadnt used for a month or and the blade was covered in rust. As I went through my tools most of the veritas tools that I own (a couple of chisel, router, plow plane) all had various amounts of surface rust. Whereas most of my older tools that I inherited from my grandfather dont seem to have the same problem.
12 February 2015 at 10:34 am #124588I rub my tools with paste wax. It is more durable and works fine. No rust so far.
12 February 2015 at 12:54 pm #124591Tom, I’ve noticed my two Veritas planes start to rust faster than my older Stanley planes, too. I live in a very arid locale with relative humidity rarely above 50% except in summer, most of the time its 20-30%, but I still have to stay vigilant with the oil on my Veritas products. No problem at all with the Stanleys.
The Veritas planes seem particularly sensitive to my finger oil. There will be the beginnings of little rusty fingerprints if they aren’t kept perfectly clean and oiled.
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