Posted: 11/10/2008 8:10:17 AM EDT
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I'm planning to move soon and have a few pieces of machinery that I need to put in storage for a while and being able to replenish coats of 5w-30 like I have been doing wouldn't be a possibility.
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I guess it depends what you're dealing with... "machinery" is kind of vague.
Back in the day, when Crager rims were the shit, guys here would grease their rims, because the salted roads would fuck em up quick. I'd think grease would work for storage. It's not like someone would come in and remove it, and grease isn't going to evaporate... Then again, I'm not sure why a generous coat of oil wouldn't work either. |
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I guess it depends what you're dealing with... "machinery" is kind of vague. Back in the day, when Crager rims were the shit, guys here would grease their rims, because the salted roads would fuck em up quick. I'd think grease would work for storage. It's not like someone would come in and remove it, and grease isn't going to evaporate... Then again, I'm not sure why a generous coat of oil wouldn't work either. Drill press, Mill. |
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http://www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=26344&title=RUST%20VETO
Not sure how much you would need to cover a mill and drill press, the 4lbs can might be enough depending on how think you put it on.. |
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Drill press, Mill. Can I ask what state, and what kind of storage conditions? I live in a fairly humid area, and I know of table saws and drill presses that have been in dry basements for 20 years or more, with no maintenance, and they are just fine, not rusty. I'm not sure I'd want to grease up a drill press and mill. I'm thinking generous oil and some type of cover. |
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Drill press, Mill. Can I ask what state, and what kind of storage conditions? I live in a fairly humid area, and I know of table saws and drill presses that have been in dry basements for 20 years or more, with no maintenance, and they are just fine, not rusty. I'm not sure I'd want to grease up a drill press and mill. I'm thinking generous oil and some type of cover. Grease or Cosmoline would be total over-kill and completely unnecessary to say the least; and that's not even factoring in the huge nuisance of clean up when returning the items back to service. Again, if you want a simple yet effective solution, save yourself some time; check out Corrosion X, and be done with it. Boeshield T-9 would also work well, but is probably much more expensive. |
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Zepp's "Iron Clad" A coating of this used indoors can protect bare metal from oxidation indefinitely. Used outdoors up to a year. Where can you find Zepps or even cosmoline locally? It probably isn't, but a substitute may be at a local auto parts store or farm cooperative. Otherwise order from MSC/JandL/McMaster/etc. |
