Rust prevention on steel fixtures?
Rust prevention on steel fixtures?
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What is a good product to spray on Steel fixtures for storage up to a few years inside in a warehouse in New England?
Sizes are around 2 feet by 2 feet square, nothing monsterous. My predescesor has sprayed on WD-40 and after a few weeks there is RUST, Not good. At home and on my boat I have used Boeshield T-9 with great results. Has anybody tried Rustlick 631 ?? Or any other suggestions short of dipping in cosmolene?
Sizes are around 2 feet by 2 feet square, nothing monsterous. My predescesor has sprayed on WD-40 and after a few weeks there is RUST, Not good. At home and on my boat I have used Boeshield T-9 with great results. Has anybody tried Rustlick 631 ?? Or any other suggestions short of dipping in cosmolene?





RE: Rust prevention on steel fixtures?
when the objects you want to protect are moist at the time of application, it may be necessary to use a very thin fluid first to chase the moisture away from the metal surfaces and then a more viscous fluid that more or elss hardens to give the desired long term protection.
if the objects you want to protect have hollow sections that can be closed off from the air, you can use socalled vapour phase inhibitors. these are powders delivered usually in small bags that can be hung somewhere in the space to be protected - the stuff that is in them evaporates and coats the metal with a protective coating.
you can get an idea about the possibilities and grades of various anticorrosion fluids here:
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RE: Rust prevention on steel fixtures?
http://www.dinitrol.com/
Alternatively, there are inhibitor-impregnated paper products available for wrapping directly onto items for longer term storage.
RE: Rust prevention on steel fixtures?
A great deal will depend on how you want to apply the RP, and how protected the inside storage is. The other big issue is your tolerance for risk --- if you have some rust on some of the parts how big a deal will it be -- to be absolutely certain that you don't have any corrosion on the parts you will need a lot of RP and it will be very hard to remove but if a little rust on some parts would not be catastrophic then you have a whole other ball game. Pay attention to what the parts are sitting on as it is possible to get galvanic corrosion between the steel part and the steel shelf so a neutral plastic barrier might be very helpful
Again this is all about your tolerance for risk!
A.R. "Andy" Nelson
Engineering Consultant
anelson@arnengineering.com
RE: Rust prevention on steel fixtures?
Luck is a difficult thing to verify and therefore should be tested often. - Me
RE: Rust prevention on steel fixtures?
Metal Protector from Amsoil
http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/amh.aspx
If interested, use my ZO#505630
Russell Giuliano
RE: Rust prevention on steel fixtures?
RE: Rust prevention on steel fixtures?
Boeshield T-9 is great stuff, but I don't know if it'll give you years worth of rust protection.
http://www.boeshield.com/stoprust.pdf
Flores
RE: Rust prevention on steel fixtures?
RE: Rust prevention on steel fixtures?