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Dan S. MacAbre[_4_]

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Hi All

I am restoring a bench where all the metal fixings had rusted. Some joints have large barrel nuts and bolts and others bolts and inset nuts.

I was thinking of putting something on them before refitting to try and protect them. I had a few thoughts...
- use something like vasaline but guess the oil would ingress into the wood.
- paint them before they go in.
- given they are all M8 the rust is probably superficial anyway so only need to deal with the thread to tighten if necessary at some other point.

Anyone have any ideas on how to prolong the life of this?

Thanks in advance

Lee.

Boiled linseed oil? I use it on everthing wooden now, but since it
dries to a sort of soft plastic, I use it instead of Loctite, too. I
don't think it likes sunlight, but I think it'll be okay in a thread.

If I have a pair of shoes which are starting to get a bit scuffed and
faded, I paint them with BLO. I know it sounds odd (and the missus
certainly thinks is is :-)), but when it's sunk in and dried, it works
really well. Restores the colour, and leaves them shiny and waterproof
once more.