What product to apply to machine surfaces for storage?
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10/21/18 04:53 PM
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What product/procedure do you recommend to apply to machine surfaces (e.g. blocks, heads) for indoor or garage storage (in the mid-west)?
Anyone ever use a product called Castle Muscle Grease?
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Re: What product to apply to machine surfaces for storage?
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I usually use plain grease, or oil. Put in plastic bags. Cleans right up when needed with a small bit of solvent.
I have mechanical Aptitude. I can screw up anything.
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Re: What product to apply to machine surfaces for storage?
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pour some 30wt eng oil in a squirt bottle then add solvent till it is the "right" viscosity (as thick as you can get it & it will still spray) & drown everything with more than what you think is enough.
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Re: What product to apply to machine surfaces for storage?
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Oil is not the best because it can become acidic and it eventually runs off. Grease stays put but it will absorb moisture over time. The best thing to use is cosmoline. The military has been using it forever. I have opened parts wrapped in cosmoline from the 40's and they still look new. https://www.cosmolinedirect.com/cosmolin...ASAAEgJUl_D_BwE
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Re: What product to apply to machine surfaces for storage?
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I’ve got white lithium grease in a spray can and was thinking of using it.
who is that guy?
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Re: What product to apply to machine surfaces for storage?
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I have been advised to use this product on airplane airframes to protect against corrosion. WD40...oh my some folks get up in arms over the use of WD40. I have used a lot of it over the years like many others for corrosion protection and lube. I have had several airplane mechanics recommend against it use for corrosion and lube around airplanes. I/we have used it on my bare chrome moly dragster chassis to keep them from rusting as I do not paint them since I have done weld repairs quite often. I have 2 dragsters in my shop now, both bare chassis that have been scuffed with scothbrite pads and WD40 a few hundred times that are not rusting much at all after sitting now for more than 10 years. So I have nothing bad to say about WD40.
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