What do you use to keep your motorbike , kitesurfing gear, pushbike, tools etc etc from rusting whilst in the presence of a SEABREEZE ( or in shed near the ocean ) ? I know theres always INOX WD40 but after the amount of the stuff i use to protect my gear its starting to become expensive !

I'm trying lanolin spray at the moment. I live near the beach in SEQ - everything rusts. I'm trying it on all my tools and in the van. Not sure about it yet as I do seem get some rust re-forming on steel tools.

Make your own. All kinds of recipes online for rust preventatives.

Google "Ed's Red" recipe for gun cleaning, basically kero and auto trans fluid.

Anything slightly greasy and thin, whilst not evaporating too fast, will do - Penetrol paint additive (largely fish oil and a solvent) mixed with diesel or kero and ATF is a ripper.

Fish oil

I use fish oil on my trailer but it stinks

Ballistol


stephen

I dont use anything on my windsurfing gear the fresh water makes stuff mouldy so the salt is good. Apart from sacrificial anodes on metals and the use of lanolin and inox. for boats works a treat.
diving gear sharksheilds etc gets rinsed in fresh water and left to dry out of the sun like wetties!.



lanolin or fish oil my general consensus !

You people seriously reckon fish oil for tools, pushie, motorbike etc?



Maybe under your car but not for stuff you get close to. Even the deodorised stuff is rank.

Ensis fluid. The BEST rust preventive I've come across.

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Mark _australia said..
You people seriously reckon fish oil for tools, pushie, motorbike etc?



Maybe under your car but not for stuff you get close to. Even the deodorised stuff is rank.

You are right about the stink - but honestly Mark - fish oil must be pretty good - have you ever seen a rusty fish?


stephen

penetrol

My dad reckoned the d in wd40 was for diesel that & upper cylinder oil was his mix but he bought upper cylinder oil by the 44gallon drum & had a diesel bowser. Mix & put in trigger spray gun worked a treat still smelled like diesel but thats a definite improvement on fish oil . I suppose you could use sewing machine oil & diesel or kero to thin for a trigger spray gun .

Live right on the water and for expensive stuff I use Beoshield t9, non greasy and dries clear. Everything else use 316L stainless in bright finish. Other than that it just rusts.

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Mark _australia said..
You people seriously reckon fish oil for tools, pushie, motorbike etc?



Maybe under your car but not for stuff you get close to. Even the deodorised stuff is rank.

You are right about the stink - but honestly Mark - fish oil must be pretty good - have you ever seen a rusty fish?


stephen

Flake ?

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actiomax said..
My dad reckoned the d in wd40 was for diesel that & upper cylinder oil was his mix but he bought upper cylinder oil by the 44gallon drum & had a diesel bowser. Mix & put in trigger spray gun worked a treat still smelled like diesel but thats a definite improvement on fish oil . I suppose you could use sewing machine oil & diesel or kero to thin for a trigger spray gun .

Be really careful of anything flammable which you put in a spray gun and vaporise out into the air.
It's highly explosive, even though the unvaporised stuff isn't.
You can end up with a big fireball blowing up in your face and it can result in serious burns.
Make sure there is no ignition source anywhere near the operation.
No cigarettes, no friends or rellies walking up with lit cigs, no electrical switches, no engine exhausts, no arc welding, no oxy welding, no static spark sources, no nothing.

All good advice BUT I doubt whether a lit ciggy would do the "job". When I was a kid I tried to light lots of ****e without success even when inhaling. Dumb now, unbreakable then.

Yes, strange about that, but it can and does happen.
It's never happened to me but it did to someone I knew who ended up with serious burns to his hands and arms when a cleaning solvent being sprayed from an air gun suddenly went up in a fireball. The odd thing was, there was no source of ignition nearby and the assumption was that it must have been a static spark to the metal work bench.
It was a common practice but no-one had ever had any problems before.
Anyway, spray away but be careful. I still do.