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I have a
set of heads and a case that have been cleaned up, and I am wondering
what is the best way to keep the parts from rusting before I get around
to using them. How do you store your clean parts?
Garage, basement, in house? Wrapped in newspaper, greased, oiled?
I
would store them in my house if the wife would let me! It would be
the best place for them as it is climate controlled. If your
basement is damp, then that is not a good place. If your garage is
subject to outside temperatures, then that is not good either. If
they must be stored in the garage, I would spray them with a corrosion
inhibitor, and use axle grease on all ferrous metal parts, put them in a
closed box, and check on them every now and then.
To store parts
effectively it's pretty involved process. The first thing you need is
some of those big candles women love to burn in the house.
Then get one of those big turkey deep fryers. Melt your candles in the
turkey deep fryer, then carefully dip your parts in the melted wax. The
wax would then keep moisture from getting to your parts. Then to get rid
of the wax, you'd have to either put the part in the oven and melt it
off or dump it in the deep frying with oil (not water). Of course I have
no idea what I'm talking about and this may be a stupid idea. One idea I
have been using is these blue barrels I picked up at an auction. They
contained some pharmaceutical chemical called plasdone at one time. It's
the stuff that suspends and binds the other chemicals in aspirin and any
other pills you may take orally. Getting back to my point, these barrels
are plastic and have a lid that seals airtight. Most of the barrels I
bought are in the crawl space full of household crap. That was the best
excuse I could come up with for buying them. I could have gotten real
fancy and found silica to absorb moisture in the barrel, but it would've
required alot.
Cosmoline.
Thats the ticket. I'm not sure exactly where you can get the
stuff?? Sometimes when I get parts at work they're coated in cosmoline.
They pack guns, car parts, and who knows what other metal parts in
cosmoline. Good stuff. Maybe a military surplus store, or
machine shop would have it?? No idea, but if you come across some,
let me know.
As far as getting it off of what you're storing...I think gasoline takes
it off...kerosene etc... |
