How do you people live like this?

[bmyers]

RUST RUST RUST! I just moved from Arizona to upstate New York. Now as I unpack my tools a few months later, everything is in a various state of rust. Things like:

Bandsaw table, scroll saw table, planes, drill press, lathe bed and mandrels.

I know oil is a bad thing to load up you tools with because it will migrate to the wood I'm working with. But how do I get rid of the rust and keep it from coming back?

Is paste wax okay once I get the rust off? How do I get the rust that's there off? What about things that are not tables. How do I protect them?

Thanks,
Bill

[Hoakie]

I use.

Boeshield T-9

[maxparot]

RUST RUST RUST! I just moved from Arizona to upstate New York. Now as I unpack my tools a few months later, everything is in a various state of rust. Things like:

Bandsaw table, scroll saw table, planes, drill press, lathe bed and mandrels.

I know oil is a bad thing to load up you tools with because it will migrate to the wood I'm working with. But how do I get rid of the rust and keep it from coming back?

Is paste wax okay once I get the rust off? How do I get the rust that's there off? What about things that are not tables. How do I protect them?

Thanks,
Bill

Hi Bill,
You made the opposite move that I made a number of years ago. Actually I was downstate on Long Islang(I grew up there). My sister and her family still live in NY, upstate in Burnt Hills a suburb of Albany. Yes once you get the rust off your tools paste wax will help keep the oxidation in check. I drop of oil in the right spots helps also. One final trick is to use oxidation in your favor. Using gun blue or anodizing agent will put a thin oxide coating on your tools that can stop further rusting. As it wears just touch it up to keep the protection.

[L. D. Jeffries]

And all this time I thought they manufactured stuff with a nice red coat on purpose. Silly me! Just call me rusting away in really northern NY.

[WayneJ]

I live in N. Jersey and rust is a problem. I found that covering my table saw top with a piece of cardboard stops a lot of the rust. A quick pass with a scotch brite pad on a RAS is all I ever need. YMMV
Wayne

[John Hunter]

I use Boeshield T-9 and Johnsons paste wax.

[Knottscott]

Boeshield and paste wax are your friend!

I spray a T-9 on my saw and wipe it off, let it dry for a few hours, and buff it. Once the T-9 is completely dry, I follow with a couple of coats of Johnsons paste wax. Gives me 6-7 months of good protection in a non-climate controlled garage in Rochester, NY. I do an application in early spring when I fire up the shop for the season, then another about now just before I let it hibernate.

[bmyers]

Thanks guys. I used to live in NY long ago when I was 18, born and raised in upstate NY actually. It's just that I didn't have the kind of machinery I have now when I left. Heck, when I left NY I had a guitar, some dirty clothes in a duffle bag and a few dollars in my pocket. I've returned with a full wood shop, a wife and two kids and no money to speak of..

Not much problem with the two kids rusting over, they move too fast. A little rusty with the wife but that's expected with two kids to raise. The woodshop however is showing the signs of humidy and moisture damage quickly. I expected problems just not so fast or as severe..

The Boeshield stuff looks good. Do I need all 3 products or can I get by with just one of the products for the things I've listed above that are rusting?

It has been fun using my wood moisture meter. I thought it just didn't work right in AZ. It always showed such low results all the time, seems to work now..

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Thanks again,
Bill

[gwyneth]

There's no rust like that generated in way, way down-east Maine, where the Bay of Fundy means salty air everywhere and tools can turn bright iron oxide red in just a few days.

One tip not mentioned so far that isn't useful there (because of the salt) but should help where you are: dehumidifiers. Amazon sells a wide variety of them, from $20 up.

In addition, Nick Engler is very big on camphor pellets vaporizing in proximity to closed-area tool storage.

[Knottscott]

Thanks guys. I used to live in NY long ago when I was 18, born and raised in upstate NY actually. It's just that I didn't have the kind of machinery I have now when I left. Heck, when I left NY I had a guitar, some dirty clothes in a duffle bag and a few dollars in my pocket. I've returned with a full wood shop, a wife and two kids and no money to speak of..

Not much problem with the two kids rusting over, they move too fast. A little rusty with the wife but that's expected with two kids to raise. The woodshop however is showing the signs of humidy and moisture damage quickly. I expected problems just not so fast or as severe..

The Boeshield stuff looks good. Do I need all 3 products or can I get by with just one of the products for the things I've listed above that are rusting?

It has been fun using my wood moisture meter. I thought it just didn't work right in AZ. It always showed such low results all the time, seems to work now..

3 places for N.Y. style Pizza by the slice within walking distance?: Priceless



Thanks again,
Bill

You may find your thermometer has the same problem here as your moisture meter did there! I can see moving here in May, but October?

p.s. mind telling us where in upstate you are?

[bmyers]

Actually I did start moving in May. I drove a HUGE Penske diesel cross country with everything near an dear and unloaded that back then.

We're currently staying in Dutchess County area, village of Fishkill to be exact.

The "shop" is a 35' x 25' 2 story 3 bay barn. It would take a rather large and busy dehumidifier to suck out enough water to make a difference there. I do have a smaller room in there that I was thinking of doing that with. Prolly the same one I'll add some heat to for the winter.

The house I'm moving into was built in the 1850's and made of brick mostly. Indoor plumbing, central heat and electricity were all after-thoughts so repairs are a real joy sometimes. I had to fix a leaky toilet last week and ended up tearing out the tile, the sub floor, and the broken toilet so I could re-do the sub floor that rotted, replace the tile that broke. Then I could replace the toilet. I hate ancient plumbing and that's why...


Bill