Need to get rid of some rust...

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In the process of my move, I found a few rust spots- one on my lathe and one on my grizzly! What do people use to get rust off and to prevent further rust from developing?
 
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I use fine scothe brite pads or fine wet sand paper and use Break Free as a lube and protectant its also a cleaner. You can get it at sports athority and Bass proshops. Look in the gun section.
 
WD-40 WD stands for Water Deterant formula 40. Took them 40 tries to come up with the best ones. Takes rust away and keeps it away. Works great on RC Nitro engines that love to rust due to the fuel that goes threw them that loves to absorbe water and oxicide everything.
 
WD-40 is great to remove the rust but it has a 5 weight oil that does not last to protect further. It is imporant to follow up with a heavier oil or a wax.
There is no serious hard if you get to the rust before it builds up badly. My old shop was very humid. I had to oil or wax things down monthly to prevent rust.
Brad
 
I use the Boeshield products.

Moving to Houston has shown me that Ihave to keep evrything protected all the time, and the spray for the Boeshield does a great job and doesnt interfer with any finishes.

Also acts as a great lubricant. Is stuff that Boeing developed for their own specs as a protectant / lubricant that did not attract dust particles is what I have been told.

I originally discovered it as a chain and gear lube product for mountain biking, and was happy to see it as a product for woodworking machinery one day in Woodcraft I think.
 
Several good things to take it off, but elbow-grease is the main ingrediate of about anything that actually works. Living in an area as humid as I do rust-prevention is a constant task. I wax all the bare steel (lathe ways, table saw, etc.) every Saturday morning first thing. On the Saturdays I don't get in the shop I skip it and won't matter for a few weeks, but better to over-wax by doing it too often than to find rust spots from slacking on the prevention.

I have heard all kinds of reasons why some waxes work better than others but the biggest thing is getting something easy to use, won't matter what kind of wax it is if it is too much a PITA to use. I personally prefer a good quality of auto wax, something designed for collector cars.
 
I know that this message is about rust treatment, but I thought I'd chime in on prevention.

One of the best addtitions to my shop was a small hygrometer and a dehumidifier. The hygrometer tells me where I am in regards to relative humidity, and the dehumidifier takes care it.

Never an issue with rust in my shop since.
 
I use my share of WD-40, but never on anything that I'm afraid will rust. I use 0000 steel wool to remove surface rust and like Ray said, I wax all my surfaces regularly.

Want a gun to rust? Use WD-40 on it while cleaning and then set it aside for a few weeks. You'll have plenty of surface rust. I learned this with my first pistol and haven't used WD-40 on a firearm since.
 
Ang...Ask a dozen folks, you will get a dozen different answers.... All the suggestions here are good ones... For removal of rust, my vote is PB BLASTER. This is like WD on steroids! Many automotive parts stores have it, and some Wal Marts carry it now. As to prevention, I vote with Don. Break Free is a supurb product. Boeshield is super product, but costly. All others may interfere with your finish. I let Break Free soak in a while then remove excess with paper towel...
 
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