Tools Rusting!

[ARAMP1]

I recently moved from Oklahoma to the gulf coast of Florida and my tools are rusting something fierce. I'm guessing it was because I went from a dry environment to one with wet, salty air. Anyway, everything I have from industrial finished impact sockets to the polished levers on my drill press are rusting. I did a search and couldn't really find anything. I figure that before I coat everything down with WD40, I'd ask here first.

 

[rlme36]

I use a product called T9 boeshield. leaves a slight waxy coating but stops the rust

 

[Shadowdog500]

I live near the ocean where tools practically start rusting the day you buy them. A salt water boat mechanic taught me a long time ago not to wipe the grease off of the tools when you are done working with them. His tools weren't rusty but they were literally covered in grease. I later found out that this practice is common with salt water marine mechanics. I couldn't follow his advise to that extent since I didn't want my tools to be all greased up, and I don't work on salt water boats for a living, so I just wipe the crud off and wipe the tools off with a shop rag that has a little mobile 1 oil on it. The rag gets the grime and grease off to make them look nice, but my tools have a thin coating of oil from the rag on them when I put them in the toolbox.

Hope this helps!

Chris

 

[Nowater]

I put in a small AC in my woodshop here in SW Florida. And I use rust reventitive spray. It may not take as much as you think to avoid the dewpoint.

 

[ttittle]

Could it be bad drywall/Chinese drywall. I grew up in Venice, Fl and lived about 5 miles from the Gulf. We never had much of problem with rusty tools unless it was a really long time of not using a particular tool. I moved out about 12 years ago and moved up north. Well my dad retired and decided to move too. He spent a couple years updating our old house getting ready to sell it. Anyway after he moved I was helping move into his new place we were putting his tools where he wanted them and I couldn't believe how rusty and tarnished they were. I asked him what happened and he said the last few years he lived down there everything just started rusting. If he didn't use a tool for a couple days it looked like it was left outside for a year. About that time I ran across a headline on Yahoo about a number of houses that had to be gutted because of bad drywall. In the article is said that pipes and wiring in houses were being destroyed by some chemicals/gases the drywall was releasing. I don't know if this is what was happening to my dads tool or not, but was quite strange that 25 years with no problems with rust and then all of a sudden major rust.

Todd

 

[pipsters]

I put Boeshield T9 on my impacts and leave them in their trays so they stay coated with oil. A properly chromed tool shouldn't rust much though even in moist environments. But the bare steel ones do, and I also coat those with a thick layer of Boeshield and leave to dry.

In addition I put camphor blocks in my tool box but you can also buy inexpensive liners from Zerust that emit a vapor that does it more effectively.

 

[Mike F]

I use TC-11 on my stuff. Works pretty good. http://www.tc-11.com/

 

[buzz4041]

I put a dehumidifier in my shop and it has helped a lot to the point of not noticing rust on anything anymore. It is set at 50% humidity and runs as needed 24/7.

 

[GRX]

WD40 is mostly solvents. Evaporates quickly. Furniture polish. Endust Pledge etc ... I have used it liberally on engine parts like blocks & crankshafts as a rust preventative for many years.

 

[e30bradley]

I use WD-40 or motor oil.

 

[zoomzoomjeff]

WD40 is mostly solvents. Evaporates quickly. Furniture polish. Endust Pledge etc ... I have used it liberally on engine parts like blocks & crankshafts as a rust preventative for many years.

Good to know--excellent tip!

 

[darkzero]

I use a product called T9 boeshield. leaves a slight waxy coating but stops the rust

Interesting, I use another product created by Boeing called Boelube. I use Boelube Liquid for machining titanium & ferrous metals & Boelube Solid on my little horiz bandsaw.

I'll have to pick up some Boeshield to try on my tools. I've never had issues with rust on my hand tools but I need to protect my machining tools as they can rust in a heartbeat. Good thing it doesn't rain much here & I try to never open the garage when it's raining.

 

[CamarosRus]

FLUID FILM has a unique woolwax (lanolin) formula that contains no solvents to evaporate.

Always active it will not become tacky, providing long lasting protectionto all metals
and superior lubrication to all moving parts.

Go to www.fluid-film.com to find your local dealer.

YES, I am a small time dealer in Renton,WA

Boe-Shield T-9 is indeed a fine product......However FLUID FILM is right there with it !!!!

 

[GeorgiaHybrid]

I put a dehumidifier in my shop and it has helped a lot to the point of not noticing rust on anything anymore. It is set at 50% humidity and runs as needed 24/7.

I also added a dehumidifier in the garage and even in the winter, it will average pulling a gallon and half of water out of the air every day. Don't have any problems with rust anymore and any water that hits the floor evaporates quickly with the dry air in the shop.

 

[oldzzy]

Dehumidifier here as well. Parts of my car sat for around a year just bare steel, and no rust at all.

 

[kbs2244]

I am only down there for a few weeks in a year for now.
So I work out of my carry around box.
I just open the lid and give it 30 secs of WD40.

The guys I work around have the doors open so dehumidifiers won't do much.
They all have a pad of some kind on the bottom of the toolboxes drawers and mist the drawers each night with WD40.

I would have to say that idea of keeping some kind of film on the metal makes sense.

I know the gun guys don't like WD40 because it leaves a wax film that they think attracts dirt.

But that seems to be what we want in this case.

 

[stripped]

I use RIG, seems to work fine.