Wood magazine did a test between several different methods/products
for rust removal and prevention.
http://www.boeshield.com/rust_prevention/stoprust.pdf

You may find that some of the newer products will save you some time and
energy, as WD-40 and Johnson's both did the worst at their respective
tasks.


I tend not to believe everything I read, especially when it doesn't
jive with my own experience. If I did, FWW would have convinced me a
year ago that I needed a 20 ton press to do a panel glue up. Been
doing this since '94 when I got my table saw. Johnson's takes maybe
two minutes to apply, wait 10 then 2 more to buff off and that only
twice a year. The top looks as good today as when I bought it. Now
doing the same with all the tools. Not sure what could be easier than
that but I should probably stick with this. I could use the excersize.

Just my $0.02

Daryl

I certainly wasn't telling you how to part your own hair, just sharing
info, which is the purpose of this group... I hope. :-)

For your intents and purposes, you probably don't need the best in both
categories. If you look at the pictures in the article, you'll see they
are letting those surfaces get very rusty... simulating what looks to be
"a couple years in the shed" worth of rust.

If I ever have to take off that kind of rust, I'll go with what they
recommend and not repeat the learnin' they already learnt. :-)

As for prevention... someone in here recommended this...
http://www.super-lube.com/drifilm-aerosol-ez-69.htm
...and I've been using it with great results so far.
Plus, it's a multi-tasker and I hate uni-taskers.


Just so you know, I did a comparison of my own, last night, between
WD-40 and Boeshield Rust Free rust remover.

There is simply no comparison. I was pretty amazed at the Boeshield. I
had some spots of surface rust to remove. WD-40 kind of sits on top of
it and doesn't really do much but act as a lube and solvent while you
scrub. I don't see it doing much beyond acting as a solvent to help the
rust soak up into a towel.

I sprayed the Boeshield on and the rust sort of vanished and turned a
different color. It lifted off the surface before I could even reach for
the scrubbing pad.

I'm going to do some removal on another tool that has a considerable
about of rust on it. I'll report on that later.

Again, I'm not trying to be confrontational. But if you ever need to
remove a considerable amount of rust, this Boeshield stuff is worth it.


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