My table saw recently started to develop rust on cast iron top. What's
the best way to remove the rust and what should I use on the table saw
top to prevent rust?

To remove rust try WD-40. To prevent it try TopCote.

Brian.


"Sasha" wrote in message
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My table saw recently started to develop rust on cast iron top. What's
the best way to remove the rust and what should I use on the table saw
top to prevent rust?

"Brian" wrote in
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To remove rust try WD-40. To prevent it try TopCote.

Brian.


"Sasha" wrote in message
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My table saw recently started to develop rust on cast iron top. What's
the best way to remove the rust and what should I use on the table saw
top to prevent rust?



Frequent use will also keep the rust rubbed off.

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In article , Hitch wrote:

Frequent use will also keep the rust rubbed off.

Not in a high-humidity environment, it won't -- the rust forms too
fast, unless the saw is in use 24 x 7. There's *no* substitute for a proper
protective coating such as TopCote or paste wax.

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I used a "Mouse" sander with one of those abrasive pads on the bottom
instead of sandpaper, and a little WD40. After wiping all of the WD40 off,
I applied TopCote as in the previous post, and then followed with a good
paste wax. smoooooooooth. Don't think I will use the Mouse again because
when I was done I noticed that it would be really easy for the WD40 to get
into the motor and . . .well. . .that's not the kind of charge I want to get
out of life. I really need to start thinking about things like that before
starting.

One other time it got some rust that was a little more than surface rust.
My saw is in my garage and one rainy day the rollup door dropped water on
the top that I did not see until two or three weeks later. To clean that up
I used some 600 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper on a block, and WD40 again.
Worked fine.

Wayne


"Sasha" wrote in message
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My table saw recently started to develop rust on cast iron top. What's
the best way to remove the rust and what should I use on the table saw
top to prevent rust?

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:09:53 -0700, "Brian"
wrote:

To remove rust try WD-40.

WD-40 by itself won't do much, but some elbow grease with it and a
Scotch-brite pad certainly will.

To prevent it try TopCote.

Also Boeshield is reported to be very effective. I haven't used it, so
I can't testify directly.


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Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

http://www.woodbutcher.net

"Sasha" wrote in message
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My table saw recently started to develop rust on cast iron top. What's
the best way to remove the rust and what should I use on the table saw
top to prevent rust?

Best I've found was Top Saver for removing rust and then I use Top Cote for
preventing it. Boeshield is supposed to be a little better for prevention
according to a magazine article where they tested it.

Top Saver will offer minimal protection. It was designed more for
restoration and did a fantastic job. Brought the table back to like new
condition. Use a shot of protection about once a month.
Ed

LRod notes:

n Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:09:53 -0700, "Brian"
wrote:

To remove rust try WD-40.

WD-40 by itself won't do much, but some elbow grease with it and a
Scotch-brite pad certainly will.

To prevent it try TopCote.

Also Boeshield is reported to be very effective. I haven't used it, so
I can't testify directly.

I have used it and it is excellent, as is WD-40 with Scotch Brite.

Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to." Dorothy Parker

"Sasha" wrote in message
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My table saw recently started to develop rust on cast iron top. What's
the best way to remove the rust and what should I use on the table saw
top to prevent rust?

I started to develop some rust on my TS when I hurriedly left it without
cleaning the sawdust off the cast iron top during a fairly damp period (like
all of May in Chicago). Apparently the dust attracted moisture.
Furthermore the rust seemed to be forming in the area where most of my
lumber passed over the table. I guess in a few months I wore the paste wax
coating down to the metal.

I caught it quick, just a slight darkening on the surface that quickly came
off with 5 minutes of a WD-40 soak and some paper towels. Left a film of
WD-40 on it until I get time to re-apply the paste wax.

I think it pays to look under the tool covers every so often to check things
out. I have a jointer that only gets used at intervals of a few weeks.

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:50:57 +0100, LRod wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:09:53 -0700, "Brian"
wrote:

To remove rust try WD-40.

WD-40 by itself won't do much, but some elbow grease with it and a
Scotch-brite pad certainly will.
Also Boeshield is reported to be very effective. I haven't used it, so
I can't testify directly.

You know, in days past we would have had the SlipIt guy come in with
his perpetual posts. Whatever happened to that guy anyway?

Dave "Not complaining, mind you..." Hinz

steel wool, wax.

--
Mike G.
Heirloom Woods

www.heirloom-woods.net
"Sasha" wrote in message
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My table saw recently started to develop rust on cast iron top. What's
the best way to remove the rust and what should I use on the table saw
top to prevent rust?

"Sasha" wrote in message
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My table saw recently started to develop rust on cast iron top. What's
the best way to remove the rust and what should I use on the table saw
top to prevent rust?

More woodworking! LOL

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http://www.stores.ebay.com/jdpowertoolcanada
"You cannot make someone love you.
All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in."

Well, Dave - he was treated so rudely and, IMHO, unfairly by some members of
this group that he stopped posting. Since then, BTW, I have had occasion to
purchase SlipIt and it's really a great product for certain applications.
Don't know about a rust preventative though, I use Boeshield m'self.

I also remember that Carlo from Jesada used to post quite a bit and even
gave away a few 1/2" bits and he never got the treatment that the fellow
from SlipIt got.

Ah, those were the days - also very few trolls IIRC.

Of course, I also remember using the Internet before there was anything
called the World Wide Web. Lynx, Pine, Gopher and Telnet were the buzzwords
then.

Vic

"Dave Hinz" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:50:57 +0100, LRod
wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:09:53 -0700, "Brian"
wrote:

To remove rust try WD-40.

WD-40 by itself won't do much, but some elbow grease with it and a
Scotch-brite pad certainly will.
Also Boeshield is reported to be very effective. I haven't used it, so
I can't testify directly.

You know, in days past we would have had the SlipIt guy come in with
his perpetual posts. Whatever happened to that guy anyway?

Dave "Not complaining, mind you..." Hinz

Oddly, In the last week, I have twice let a drop of yellow glue get on my
saw top. I discovered it after it skimmed over. When I wiped it off the
brown patina was gone and I there was a bright shiny silver spot left
behind.

"Dustmaker" wrote in message
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I started to develop some rust on my TS when I hurriedly left it without
cleaning the sawdust off the cast iron top during a fairly damp period
(like
all of May in Chicago). Apparently the dust attracted moisture.
Furthermore the rust seemed to be forming in the area where most of my
lumber passed over the table.

Actually your wood probably had the moisture in it. Some of the driest hard
woods are dried to the 6-8% moisture content range. It is never a good idea
to leave wood on your cast iron surfaces.
ESPECIALLY treated lumber... DAMHIKT

"Leon" wrote in
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"Dustmaker" wrote in message
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I started to develop some rust on my TS when I hurriedly left it
without cleaning the sawdust off the cast iron top during a fairly
damp period
(like
all of May in Chicago). Apparently the dust attracted moisture.
Furthermore the rust seemed to be forming in the area where most of
my lumber passed over the table.

Actually your wood probably had the moisture in it. Some of the
driest hard woods are dried to the 6-8% moisture content range. It is
never a good idea to leave wood on your cast iron surfaces.
ESPECIALLY treated lumber... DAMHIKT


And it's worse when you load out a pickup truck into the shop, in a
December rainstorm, and leave the stack of oak on the cast iron saw top,
then get holiday busy.

Good news: cleaning the saw top was a good way to really learn a lesson.
Better news: The wood was all a gift from a friend.

About an hour, with kerosene, a 3M green scrubbie pad, and a complete
application of Butcher's Paste wax, and the problem went away.

Thank goodness that's the only stupid thing I did last year. ;-) (Not!)

Patriarch

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:31:09 GMT, Vic Baron wrote:
Well, Dave - he was treated so rudely and, IMHO, unfairly by some members of
this group that he stopped posting. Since then, BTW, I have had occasion to
purchase SlipIt and it's really a great product for certain applications.
Don't know about a rust preventative though, I use Boeshield m'self.

I dunno, I was turned off from the product by the way the guy just
went on and on and on and on about it.

I also remember that Carlo from Jesada used to post quite a bit and even
gave away a few 1/2" bits and he never got the treatment that the fellow
from SlipIt got.

Well, again, it's all about approach. Steve K. sells stuff, but he
also contributes a bunch of knowledge. Same for Charlie S. I don't
remeber Carlo, but it may have been during one of my several long
absences.

Ah, those were the days - also very few trolls IIRC.

Of course, I also remember using the Internet before there was anything
called the World Wide Web. Lynx, Pine, Gopher and Telnet were the buzzwords
then.

What do you mean "then"? I still use a text-based newsreader,
over ssh rather than telnet, but until about a year ago I was using
'tin' which I've been using for newsreading since 1992 or so. Switched
to slrn because it has better killfile and scoring options.

Dave Hinz

Charlie Self wrote:
Also Boeshield is reported to be very effective. I haven't used it, so
I can't testify directly.

I have used it and it is excellent, as is WD-40 with Scotch Brite.


I recently tried Boeshield and am impressed with it. As for removing rust spots
from the table top, I've used WD-40, steel wool, and Barkeeper's Friend with
good results. I suppose I should have used a Scotch Brite pad, but I didn't
have one laying around when I needed it. I did have 0000 steel wool.



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