Best way to keep router cutters rust free.

[JohnBrown]

What would anyone recommend as the best way to keep router cutters(and other tools for that matter) rust-free while stored in my shed? WD-40? Silica gel? Airtight boxes?
Any advice welcome!

John

 

[ivan]

Rapeseed oil. I get mine from Tesco look for yellow flowers on cooking oil bottles.

 

[wizer]

or camellia or jojoba

 

[matthewwh]

Pop a ToolGuard VCI in the box with them. it releases a vapour of corrosion inhibitor that settles on the tools and interferes with the rusting process. You can still open the box and use the bits as normal and as soon as you close it and put them away the protection starts building up again.

I sent some samples to the Imperial War Museum for them to test for protecting their collections. They made up identical sample pots with steel suspended in air directly over a small amount of water and added a ToolGuard to one of the pots.

Heres the results after 5 months:

And with the ToolGuard:

 

[Grinding One]

Keep them inside,never leave expensive bits outdoors....if you have to I would use wd40

 

[JohnBrown]

Keep them inside,never leave expensive bits outdoors....if you have to I would use wd40

When I retire and move to the USA, I'll keep everything inside. Have you the seen the size of British houses? There's barely enough room for the usual stuff...

I did some searching yesterday, and I've already ordered some VCI(from Mathew!). [Edit] Which have already been delivered!!![/Edit]

Thanks to everybody who replied.

John