Storing a vise

[nes999]

I bought a new vise and I found out my bench is not up to the job. So I will be making a new bench. Unfortunately we are entering busy season at work so it'll be some time before I will be able to make some new benches.

Would spraying down the vise with some boeshield and throwing it in a garbage bag with some VCI chips be sufficient to keep my new vise from rusting?

If anyone is curious its a Yost 910.

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[dr_clyde]

That's more than sufficient. You're not going to be storing it in a much different environment than the one it will be used in.

 

[barev]

Tie it up in a thick plastic bag if you're worried about rust.

 

[volunteers]

i have the same question, with a new wilton bullet vise. not sure how to store it for a long time

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[Mr_B]

Bit of fluid film or krown and tie it up in decent strong bag and keep in sensible location and it be good for years.
I stored few old tools and a restored vise for over 3yrs and it come out A1 .

 

[MushCreek]

Send 'em over to me. I'll 'store' them at my place, and get them accustomed to their new job.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Drop it in a 5 gallon bucket of Cosmoline.

 

[leg17]

Drop it in a 5 gallon bucket of Cosmoline.

How much does a 5 gallon bucket of Cosmoline cost?

 

[jimreed2160]

When I suddenly became a bachelor, I stored my tools inside the apartment where it was climate controlled. Rust loves humidity and heat. So I say store that vise under the bed or in the back of a closet INSIDE.

 

[jonshonda]

If you werent storing it how would you protect it?

 

[ovrrdrive]

How much does a 5 gallon bucket of Cosmoline cost?

Looks like about $230 not including shipping or any hazmat fees. Not a real sensible answer was it?

I'd spray it with corrosion x and bag it. Coat, about a buck.

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Looks like about $230 not including shipping or any hazmat fees. Not a real sensible answer was it?
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Lol. Holy cow, ever cleaned a NOS Mosin Nagant? Cosmoline is some wild stuff. Shirley, I wasn't serious.

 

[zorrox]

It would probably fine with nothing, but if I wanted to be **** I'd spray it down with some Ballistol and cover it in a trash bag.

 

[Super Sport]

It would probably fine with nothing, but if I wanted to be **** I'd spray it down with some Ballistol and cover it in a trash bag.

I just has a new Yost rust to hell on all of the machined surfaces over the winter in my unheated Michigan garage. They clearly didn't put anything on it at the factory, and I didn't think much of it before winter. Wish I had!

 

[driftpin]

You know the old chestnut about using two bags, in-case the first one breaks!

 

[justtools]

spray it with wd40 and put it in a box.

 

[Indexmill]

Put it under your bed.

 

[drivesitfar]

NES: obviously your vise will do just fine sitting on your new bench for months or years at a time without having to cover it or put it in a bag. that said i know it's new and you'd like to put a BRAND NEW VISE on your NEW BENCH so here's my big old REED 4c that i had another member strip and coat with a couple coats of BLO (boiled linseed oil) and after 3 years of sitting on a floor or on a shelf in UNHEATED storage all i needed to do was spray on a little Simple Green to dust it off. sure there might be a little surface rust, but it works like it's new.

maybe set your new Yost vise on the bench and put on a coat or two of BLO or spray on some Fluid Film that i've heard is great too.

WD40 might prevent and/or remove rust, but it dries very quick so not really a long term option unless you like so see your old vise and spray it every month (or less).

 

[Mark in Indiana]

Nes:
I live in an area where flash rust can be a constant battle. All of my restored vises have a thin coat of oil on the bare metal details (any oil will work). I then cover them completely with old cotton t-shirts. Then I cover them with plastic garbage bags. Some of my restored Vises never get used. They stay in storage for years. just don't want to part with them.

 

[leg17]

Lol. Holy cow, ever cleaned a NOS Mosin Nagant? Cosmoline is some wild stuff. Shirley, I wasn't serious.

Sorry Dave, I surely couldn't see the twinkle in your eye when you posted.
And quit calling me Shirley.