Ed Marks
09-11-2003, 2:08 AM
Any good suggestions on keeping the ambient moisture in a shop from turning hand tools into rust attractors? Usually I keep my better LN planes in the boxes they came in, with wrapped in the original packing material and life is fine. I left them out the other night and the next day I picked up the low angle block plane and YIKES, that's rust forming on the sides! A quick cleanup and it was gone but I would like to get away from storing them in cardboard boxes someday (plus ... might have to keep up with Dave A's new rack :D).
I thought about using TopCoat or something like that but these tools are often the last thing to touch wood before finish and I have enough finishing surprises and I'd prefer not to add any more. TopCoat claims to have no silicon or petroleum products in it ... then you read the contents and see lots of petroleum products (go figure?). Most waxes and polishes are not going to hack it either.
Any ideas?
TIA,
Ed
I thought about using TopCoat or something like that but these tools are often the last thing to touch wood before finish and I have enough finishing surprises and I'd prefer not to add any more. TopCoat claims to have no silicon or petroleum products in it ... then you read the contents and see lots of petroleum products (go figure?). Most waxes and polishes are not going to hack it either.
Any ideas?
TIA,
Ed