MT rust?????
EagleS.C.
>I have surface rust on the inside headstosk adn on the outside of my pen mandrel(High SC humidity)
What meathod is best for cleaning them and coating them?
Any tool available?
MT rust?????
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Barry Turner
>Steel wool (0000) and WD-40. Steel wool to clean and WD-40 to prevent. After cleaning the rust away with steel wood and WD-40, spray WD-40 on bare metal and let it sit for a few hours or even overnight before wiping the excess. There may be a better solution, but I haven't found it.
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Larry in Lima
>At last, a question I know a little something about... Use R.I.G. (Rust Inhibiting Grease). It's very thin, put a superlight coat on the metal after you have cleaned it, you can go about forever and not worry about it.
Brownell's sells it, don't remember how much, but a small jar goes a LONG way. You just need a film coating to do the job.
Larry
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Joe Herrmann
>I've had good luck with a product called "Slip-it" on the tables of my stationary machinery but I don't know how it would work in the MT of the lathe. I think a lot of the supply houses carry the product both in the spray and the "butter."
Joe