My two shoulder planes keep getting rust marks even though I coat them
with wax and a liberal coat of T9. nothing else rusts in my shop and
it's not from humidity; it's from my fingers. Short of wearing gloves,
what might I to coat the sides of these planes with so I don't have to
keep removing rust. the soles are fine; it's just the sides where my
sweaty hands have touched.
Dave
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> >> My two shoulder planes keep getting rust marks even though I coat them
> >> with wax and a liberal coat of T9. nothing else rusts in my shop and
> >> it's not from humidity; it's from my fingers. Short of wearing gloves,
> >> what might I to coat the sides of these planes with so I don't have to
> >> keep removing rust. the soles are fine; it's just the sides where my
> >> sweaty hands have touched.
> >>
> >
> > Maybe nothing Dave. This is something that guitar players have moaned
> > about
> > forever. People like me have sweat than just seems to rust things and
> > we'll
> > rot a set of strings in no time. I have to change my strings almost 3
> > times
> > as often as other people I play with. Fortunately, I don't worry much
> > about
> > keeping my tools shine like new, or I'd drive myself crazy.
> > --
> >
> When my wife was pregnant, her sweat rotted our Nordic Track like strong
> acid. Went back to normal after delivery. Maybe you should see an
> endocrinologist.
>
>
I know what you're getting at and I am NOT pregnant!
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> Gun blue won't help. Browning will though. Not so much that it will
> prevent
> it, it just won't show as bad.
>
Towel wipe before, WD40 after seems to work in my place. Don't need
anything but time to work up a good sweat, so I just do it by rote.
"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My two shoulder planes keep getting rust marks even though I coat them
> with wax and a liberal coat of T9. nothing else rusts in my shop and
> it's not from humidity; it's from my fingers. Short of wearing gloves,
> what might I to coat the sides of these planes with so I don't have to
> keep removing rust. the soles are fine; it's just the sides where my
> sweaty hands have touched.
>
Maybe nothing Dave. This is something that guitar players have moaned about
forever. People like me have sweat than just seems to rust things and we'll
rot a set of strings in no time. I have to change my strings almost 3 times
as often as other people I play with. Fortunately, I don't worry much about
keeping my tools shine like new, or I'd drive myself crazy.
--
-Mike-
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Gun blue won't help. Browning will though. Not so much that it will prevent
it, it just won't show as bad.
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> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:57:38 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >it's just the sides where my sweaty hands have touched.
>
> One of my friends (a smoker and a lab chemist) has sweat as corrosive as
> something from Alien. A great many silver-plate ornaments have suffered
> his black fingerprints o'doom and there's even one etched into the
> chrome plated traverse handwheel of the lathe.
>
> Maybe you could gun-blue your shoulder plane ?
>
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> "David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> My two shoulder planes keep getting rust marks even though I coat them
>> with wax and a liberal coat of T9. nothing else rusts in my shop and
>> it's not from humidity; it's from my fingers. Short of wearing gloves,
>> what might I to coat the sides of these planes with so I don't have to
>> keep removing rust. the soles are fine; it's just the sides where my
>> sweaty hands have touched.
>>
>
> Maybe nothing Dave. This is something that guitar players have moaned
> about
> forever. People like me have sweat than just seems to rust things and
> we'll
> rot a set of strings in no time. I have to change my strings almost 3
> times
> as often as other people I play with. Fortunately, I don't worry much
> about
> keeping my tools shine like new, or I'd drive myself crazy.
> --
>
When my wife was pregnant, her sweat rotted our Nordic Track like strong
acid. Went back to normal after delivery. Maybe you should see an
endocrinologist.
"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My two shoulder planes keep getting rust marks even though I coat them
> with wax and a liberal coat of T9. nothing else rusts in my shop and
> it's not from humidity; it's from my fingers. Short of wearing gloves,
> what might I to coat the sides of these planes with so I don't have to
> keep removing rust. the soles are fine; it's just the sides where my
> sweaty hands have touched.
Have you ever tried Camellia oil? I use it on my hand planes.
Bob
I'll second Bob's suggestion. I prefer to oil my tools than put a coat
of wax. Paste wax is hard and won't penetrate the metal's surface
(unless it's liquid parafin wax). You touch your plane while you're
applying the wax and I think the wax is sealing in the sweat from your
fingers. If you can't find camellia oil online you can use any
vegetable oil though I prefer camellia oil because it's thinner and
isn't as sticky. A little goes a long long way.
Layne
On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:48:37 GMT, "BillyBob"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Have you ever tried Camellia oil? I use it on my hand planes.
>
>Bob
>
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:08:13 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Maybe nothing Dave. This is something that guitar players have moaned about
>forever. People like me have sweat than just seems to rust things and we'll
>rot a set of strings in no time.
Not to mention attack finishes, peel plating, etc... Some of my
basses have some parts with corrosion so scary, I can't believe it
came from my body.
On a side note, I've seen bicycles with aluminum parts so corroded by
sweat that they literally crumbled and broke.
"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My two shoulder planes keep getting rust marks even though I coat them
> with wax and a liberal coat of T9. nothing else rusts in my shop and it's
> not from humidity; it's from my fingers. Short of wearing gloves, what
> might I to coat the sides of these planes with so I don't have to keep
> removing rust. the soles are fine; it's just the sides where my sweaty
> hands have touched.
>
> Dave
No wax ever worked for me including BoeShield. I get good results with Top
Cote.
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:57:38 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>it's just the sides where my sweaty hands have touched.
One of my friends (a smoker and a lab chemist) has sweat as corrosive as
something from Alien. A great many silver-plate ornaments have suffered
his black fingerprints o'doom and there's even one etched into the
chrome plated traverse handwheel of the lathe.
Maybe you could gun-blue your shoulder plane ?