[TheForge] routine maintenance with WD40?

Tue Aug 26 00:16:01 2003

Yes water displacer, if your car distributor is wet spray it w/ WD40, you'll
be on your way again.
Randy Mundt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Frost" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] routine maintenance with WD40?


> WD 40 is basically Stoddard solvent with no enduring qualities. It was
> designed as a Water Displacer (WD).
>
> I use LPS products, specifically LPS-2 for rust prevention. It leaves an
> enduring wax film and the vehicle is an excellent penetrant of rust, small
> joints, etc. so it gets to all the nooks and crannies.
>
> For heavier duty stuff, spray battery terminal coatings work darned well
as
> they also neutralize acidic conditions.
>
> Frosty
> ------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
> The FrostWorks
>
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Catherine Jo Morgan" <[email protected]>
> To: "'Blacksmithing mailing list'" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 5:52 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] routine maintenance with WD40?
>
>
> > I used to follow Francis Whitaker's prescription of spraying just about
> > everything in the shop with WD40 every Monday morning. Since WD40 is
> > mostly mineral spirits, I'm wondering if this is something I really want
> > to breathe so much. What do other people do to keep things like post
> > vise, cone mandrel, swage blocks, and small tools from rusting?
> >
> > The fine measuring tools I keep waxed with Renaissance. I store those in
> > a toolbox with rust inhibitors. Same with hammers. I'm gradually moving
> > more and more tools into closed boxes with rust inhibitors since this
> > works well in Georgia.
> >
> > That still leaves a lot of iron exposed. If you spray with WD40 the
> > weekly spray is mandatory because it's a very temporary solution. For
> > longterm protection of course there's the Boeing waxy product and other
> > similar ones. But that's not for things that are used often. Years ago I
> > was enthusiastic about some woodworkers' products called Dri-Cote and
> > Table-Cote, but they produce toxic fumes when exposed to heat, so
> > they're not good for a forge.
> >
> > I'm sure I'm overlooking a good solution. Ideas?
> >
> > Catherine Jo Morgan
> > Morgan Sculpture
> > Iron and mixed media vessels
> > [email protected]
> > 706-754-3812
> >
> > online artist journal: http://radio.weblogs.com/0120691/
> >
> >
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