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07-29-2016, 05:16 PM
After you clean old tools what do you use to coat the tool with to protect against flash rusting. I have used 3 in one oi, boiled linseed oil, Kramer antique inprover and wd 40. Just like to hear what people are using. 
Also on outdoor tools axes shovels and hoes?
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07-29-2016, 05:29 PM
Johnsons paste wax. Then again, I don't use chemicals to clean.
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08-01-2016, 12:10 PM (This post was last modified: 08-01-2016, 01:35 PM by Jack in omaha.)
(07-29-2016, 05:29 PM)Admiral Wrote: Johnsons paste wax. Then again, I don't use chemicals to clean.

Ok so I have an old can of Simmoniz floor wax. Is that ok or does Johnson car wax have some other special additives? Thanks for the replies. or turtle wax for cars?
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07-29-2016, 07:07 PM
I use synthetic oil after using the tool. On saws and planes I'll use some Johnson's paste wax before using the tool.
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07-29-2016, 07:28 PM
(07-29-2016, 05:16 PM)Jack in omaha Wrote: After you clean old tools what do you use to coat the tool with to protect against flash rusting. I have used 3 in one oi, boiled linseed oil, Kramer antique inprover and wd 40. Just like to hear what people are using. 
Also on outdoor tools axes shovels and hoes?
Thanks so much 
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I use CorrosionX HD. Nothing I have ever used this on has ever rusted - including all my saltwater fishing gear. I spray the stuff on a microfiber cloth and use that to wipe down my tools. Cloth gets stored in a canning jar so the volatiles do not flash off.
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07-29-2016, 09:32 PM
(07-29-2016, 05:16 PM)Jack in omaha Wrote: After you clean old tools what do you use to coat the tool with to protect against flash rusting. I have used 3 in one oi, boiled linseed oil, Kramer antique inprover and wd 40. Just like to hear what people are using. 
Also on outdoor tools axes shovels and hoes?
Thanks so much 
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Johnsons paste wax and sometimes WD40.
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07-30-2016, 07:18 AM
(07-29-2016, 05:16 PM)Jack in omaha Wrote: After you clean old tools what do you use to coat the tool with to protect against flash rusting. I have used 3 in one oi, boiled linseed oil, Kramer antique inprover and wd 40. Just like to hear what people are using. 
Also on outdoor tools axes shovels and hoes?
Thanks so much 
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Mostly 3 - 1 oil on moving parts and the sole of the plane ( this is in the can like Paul Sellers   use's ) and Johnson Paste Wax.


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07-30-2016, 07:44 AM
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07-30-2016, 02:16 PM
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07-31-2016, 06:22 PM (This post was last modified: 07-31-2016, 06:23 PM by EricU.)
The oil that Japanese woodworkers use.  Doesn't do much, but I like it.

Oh, and Johnson paste wax on stuff that doesn't get used that much
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