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...in 2024. Completed a year long evaluation of corrosion protection products and determined that VCI bricks work best in enclosed spaces, fluid film is best outdoors, and WD40 corrosion specialist is best indoors used sparingly cuz its soooooo expensive. Cleaned up a dozen huge trees that...

Magic marker can be used to test the fit of sliding surfaces... you paint a surface and drag it over another surface for fit. The MM rubs off easily because it is dry and fragile. This is a coarse, quick test to see how stuff fits, but it isn't the kosher approach. The doesn't replace Prussian...

PA puts fluid film and other shop spray items on sale quite often.

That’s good to know. Most of my gear sits in an environment with little climate control. Not ideal but it’s what I have for now. I’ve used a few oil sprays to help and while I’ve seen fluid film I’ve never tried it. Off to the store…………

...various products on my plow blades. I had planned a thread on it soon. Spoiler - The bottom line is that only two products provided one full year of protection. One was WD-40 Corrosion Inhibitor and the other was Fluid Film. But Fluid Film was MUCH less expensive and therefore it gets the nod.

In Calgary I never had any humidity rust issues but out here in eastern sk (mb border) it is an issue. Fluid film is your friend here. My dad (retired industrial mech at the potash mine) said fluid film was the go-to product underground which is impressive given it is mostly salt

When I worked at a diesel shop years ago we would add a litre of automatic Transmission fluid to the new varsol when cleaning the wash tank. This cut the sting out of the new varsol and the high detergent in the ATF actually helped the cleaning. A litre in a large quantity of varsol didn't leave...

As above, Fluid Film and LPS-3 work reasonably well for longer periods. But I have a test underway that started last fall evaluating a number of alternatives outdoors. It's not conclusive as its only a one-off comparison but it's better than any other info I have right now. For now, the...

I usually use WD40 to loosen or quickly lubricate rusty metal, or spray a layer on my metal table top and wipe it with a cotton cloth. This keeps my metal table clean and does not rust for a short time. Please do not use as a long-term rust inhibitor. I am also looking for a long-term rust...

Me too. My shop is big enough but a 50k tractor would have to go outside. I'd rather put a pail of fluid film on a big huge work/weld table outside instead. My flatbed can handle it and I bet my tractor could too. But dragging it off is an option too. I wonder if I could use that ferry to get...