WD-40 is mostly composed of a solvent that evaporates, leaving a thin layer of oil.
I am not sure why one would want to pay for solvent, for rustproofing purposes, so I prefer buying straight sprayable oil. i On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:30 AM, yann jautard <brico...@free.fr> wrote: > WD40 is said to be such a product. > > I buy it by 5liters cans and use it also in spray bottle. Old bottle > from window cleaner is very convenient :) > > > > > Le 29/12/2010 14:10, Igor Chudov a écrit : > > There are some rust preventative sprays that 1) adhere to surfaces 2) > > displace water 3) do not become sticky over time. > > > > Examples include LPS-2. I buy it by the gallon and put in spray bottles. > > > > i > > > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 7:00 AM, yann jautard<brico...@free.fr> wrote: > > > >> Le 27/12/2010 02:22, Kirk Wallace a écrit : > >>> The rain came and put a 1/8" of water across the whole shop, then sunny > >>> the next day and turned the shop into a sauna on freezing cold steel. > >>> Only the few cruddy parts of my machines escaped the rust. I'm _really_ > >>> pissed with mother nature right now, but I guess I should be thankful, > >>> it could be worse (don't know how, oops more rain Tuesday). If my > >>> machines were dirty I'd be okay. > >> Sad news. Sorry for you. > >> > >> I use WD40 to protect all the unpainted parts from rust. Spray it after > >> cleaning, it dry in two or three days, then doesn't look oiled any more, > >> but still prevent the rust. > >> > >> One old machinist I met a few years ago also used petrol to prevent the > >> rust. Sprayed it all over the machine. Works well. But keeps a > >> oiled/greasy aspect. > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows > customers > >> to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, > >> and, > >> should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > >> without downtime or disruption > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows > customers > > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, > and, > > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > > without downtime or disruption > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, > and, > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > without downtime or disruption > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
