Jay Knoll
10-15-2005, 4:33 PM
Hi
Before we took off in July, I wiped down each of my L-N planes with a paper towel saturated in their fancy oil (can't remember the name and don't fell like walking out to the garage) Two planes were stored in plane sacks, the other two in the boxes they were shipped in.
They were in a closed drawer, with a dessicant sac left over from some electronnic equipment (small but I figured better than nothing) There were a couple of old planes in their as well, just lying on their sides.
Of course you know the outcome, I opened up one of the sacks and there is corrosion/staining on the plane body. Every L-N plane is affected to some degree, although it seems that the planes in the caredboard boxes fared better. No problem with the cheap planes lying exposed and unprotectd, but of course they alread have a nice "patina" on them
I quickly wiped them down with some DuPont wonder spray that lubricates, breakes down rust etc and put them away awaiting your advice.
Should I try to clean them up doing something like the scary sharp system with real fine sandpaper -- the sides and bottoms of the planes I mean.
They blades look nice and shiny and are as sharp as I left them. Or should I just get one of those white abrasive pads and use that to "polish" them up?
Jay
Before we took off in July, I wiped down each of my L-N planes with a paper towel saturated in their fancy oil (can't remember the name and don't fell like walking out to the garage) Two planes were stored in plane sacks, the other two in the boxes they were shipped in.
They were in a closed drawer, with a dessicant sac left over from some electronnic equipment (small but I figured better than nothing) There were a couple of old planes in their as well, just lying on their sides.
Of course you know the outcome, I opened up one of the sacks and there is corrosion/staining on the plane body. Every L-N plane is affected to some degree, although it seems that the planes in the caredboard boxes fared better. No problem with the cheap planes lying exposed and unprotectd, but of course they alread have a nice "patina" on them
I quickly wiped them down with some DuPont wonder spray that lubricates, breakes down rust etc and put them away awaiting your advice.
Should I try to clean them up doing something like the scary sharp system with real fine sandpaper -- the sides and bottoms of the planes I mean.
They blades look nice and shiny and are as sharp as I left them. Or should I just get one of those white abrasive pads and use that to "polish" them up?
Jay