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Rusty tools in metal building

roadrunner255

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Good morning,
Noticing tools and saw blades really anything metal is rusting really fast.

I found metal coat for saw blades, is there anything else that I can do?

Building is 40 x 36 and I am in central texas.

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Gotcha640

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I wrap chisels and saw blades in rags with some oil. Paint or varnish or boiled linseed oil or wax anything you can.

Focus on the tools is much cheaper than drying the air in the building.

A wooden toolbox or drawer will be better than a plastic or metal one.
 

snedboy

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You need ventilation. Is the building pretty well sealed? If so a vent in each wall will help. You can put adjustable covers over the vents so when it's blowing a gale you can close them
 

Nexussian

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You aren't storing anything corrosive, are you?

We've had several threads about mystery corrosion that were ultimately tracked back to storage of corrosive chemicals the OP either forgot about or didn't realize were corrosive.

Things like pool chemicals, rust removers and even some cleaners are caustic, with any humidity the corrosive effect tends to spread quite alarmingly.

If not, humidity reduction would help, but it's generally expensive for an effective reduction. :(

As others have mentioned, oil or other products can retard corrosion for quite a while, to whatever it is applied.

However, what do you do for the rest of the building?

I don't recall what type of building you have, but what is whatever corrosive environment you have, doing to the other metals in your building, like structural connections, or the electrical wiring. :shocking: :FIREdevil


For corrosion prevention products, for shorter periods, I tend to prefer either ACF-50 or the Corrosion X product lines.

For longer periods of storage LPS 3 is nice as well as Black Bear Par Al Ketone (so long as you don't mind using gasoline to remove it ;) ).

I wish you luck, hopefully you find a solution that is both easy and inexpensive. :)
 
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ForceFed70

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Given your location - it's not likely, but another consideration is your heat source. If you're using a ventless heater you're dumping a lot of moisture into the space.
 
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roadrunner255

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You need ventilation. Is the building pretty well sealed? If so a vent in each wall will help. You can put adjustable covers over the vents so when it's blowing a gale you can close them
Building is well insulated and all open inside with 2 small windows in the back and 2 12x10 doors in front. Building (mueller) stays closed up most of the time.
I think ceiling fans will help, no heat installed.

Thanks all!

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Bwana

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You aren't storing anything corrosive, are you?

We've had several threads about mystery corrosion that were ultimately tracked back to storage of corrosive chemicals the OP either forgot about or didn't realize were corrosive.

Things like pool chemicals, rust removers and even some cleaners are caustic, with any humidity the corrosive effect tends to spread quite alarmingly.

This ^^^^ I had a table saw, numerous tools and a couple of bicycles virtually dissolve before my eyes until I figured out I was storing yard products (fertilizer, lawn spray, etc) in close proximity in an unsealed cabinet. Threw out or completely sealed everything then cleaned out the cabinet. Problem is almost gone but this is Texas right? 94% RH on my patio this morning and it's NOVEMBER :(
 
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roadrunner255

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This ^^^^ I had a table saw, numerous tools and a couple of bicycles virtually dissolve before my eyes until I figured out I was storing yard products (fertilizer, lawn spray, etc) in close proximity in an unsealed cabinet. Threw out or completely sealed everything then cleaned out the cabinet. Problem is almost gone but this is Texas right? 94% RH on my patio this morning and it's NOVEMBER :(
Does it matter if lawn products are in sealed plastic containers?

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My Old Tools

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Ceiling fans and Johnson's paste wax. Keep the pool/septic chlorine in a different building along with fertilizer. I hear good things about fluid film for non-cutting surfaces.
 
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