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Default Cutting oil or coolant for drill press

On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:48:12 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 5:52:44 PM UTC-4, Hul Tytus wrote:
Joe - water mixed with 1 part Borax, ie Mule Team from the local grocery,
to 100 parts water eliminated rust on several occasions. Now, the 100 to 1
is by weight but that's one misty memory. A test with a 1000 to 1 solution
showed rust.

Hul



Looking around on tbe internet , I can find lots about using Boraxo to remove rust , but nothing about using it and water as coolant for machining. And nothing about why Boraxo in water prevents rust.

Does anyone have any information on this?

Dan


Borax alone..doesnt do rust removal

https://www.ehow.com/how_6389469_rem...ots-borax.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIerOQDjeDk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz9s9SbWArQ


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