I have tried to avoid using oily things as I would have to clean them in
the spring before I started cutting wood again. I have used some of the
commercial spray cans touted for the purpose but they are not doing the
job. Cleaners and conditioners sort of things. They work fine in my
basement at home but not in the garage. Maybe even paste wax would be
sufficient. If I just wiped on a thick coat in the fall and did not buff
it out, that might work.
Dehumidifiers don't work well at low temperatures. I wonder about the
salt crystal stuff but it is so corrosive that it might cause its own
problems. I also do wonder if more ventilation would help. It might make
things worse temporarily but if one blew enough of the outside air
inside, then things should equalize.
Randy
On 16/04/2012 4:38 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
Give Fluid Film a try for the table saw deck and jointer. Short of heating the
garage I'm not sure how to remove the moisture- well you could run some de-
humidifiers!
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On Apr 16, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Randy Bennell<rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote:
When I was typing that, I thought to myself, someone is going to raise the
definition of abuse. I guess I cannot argue but sometimes it is difficult to
prevent. We leave my mother's car in the garage at the lake in the fall and it
stays inside until mid May. Unfortunately, the spring tends to be damp when the
snow melts etc. My shop tools in the same garage - table saw and jointer etc -
will need to have the rust removed before I start to use them. I have tried
different sorts of treatments to the tops but it is just damp in there.
I would like to find a way to prevent the dampness but about the only thing I
can think of that would work, would be to heat it. I don't think that
ventilating would help much. The problem is that the air outside is warmer and
moist and the cold concrete floor inside sweats as a result of that. We get
some of that in the summer when it is humid. I had the same problem in my
garage at home in the city for a few days this spring. It looked like someone
had sprayed the floor with a hose. There were literally puddles. Essentially
because it was very damp out and the inside of the garage was much colder than
the outdoor temperature. All was well until we opened the big door and let the
warmer moist air into the garage.
If anyone has a solution, I sure would like to hear it. My only thought is that
one would need to warm up the concrete floor and that woudl be difficult when
there is frost in the ground. If I had the heated floor setup it would be great
but I cannot see myself installing that in the garage anytime soon.
Randy
On 16/04/2012 4:18 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote:
True but improper storage is a kind of abuse as is not washing the salt off your car.
It's also "abusive" to treat your low mileage survivor to a below average paint
job!
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