Wax for rust proofing cast iron tables and other tools.

[heimlaga]

My shop is too small for all my stuff so the hollow chisel mortiser must live in an unheated barn. The tools I use for onsite work also tend to rust. It seems like most people use Johnson's Paste Wax but that product is not imported to Finland.

Would Osmo oil wax do the job? It is normally used for hardwood floors. Another option is to buy raw carnauba wax and make some home made mixture.

 

[wallace]

I have had good results with a product called waxoyle. Its used to spray inside car chassis and actively prevents rust. I've also used Boeshield which is a spray but a bit pricey at £20 a tin. I generally use the boeshield for cast surfaces and tools

 

[CHJ]

This one of the most popular here:-

Is this available to you ?

Have you tried giving your stored items a spray with WD40, it is a moisture dispersing fluid and helps prevent any condensation spoiling a surface, you may need to wipe off the residue before using tools.

 

[Harbo]

Osmo is not really a wax it's more of a varnish and would have to be leaned off with thinners.
If you cannot obtain Liberon say, then any wax paste (silicon free) would work.

Rod

 

[heimlaga]

Neither Liberon nor any kind of paste wax can be found anywhere. Probably not imported. The only answers I can get to my question here in Finland are engine oil or Dinitrol body coat for cars or vaseline grease. Neither is very suitable for my purpose.

I will not use Osmo then. Thanks for stopping me from buying it.

 

[mn pete]

No wax option at all? Maybe some parafin or candle-type wax (no colors or scents added.)

I use Johnson's Paste wax here in the U.S. Sorry you can't find it there.

 

[Harbo]

Failing everything else, how about making your own wax polish - Bees Wax and Turpentine (or White Spirit)?

Rod

 

[heimlaga]

Why not. I did choose the forum name which means "home made" for a reason

Turpentine is sold in most hardware stores and beeswax should be possible to buy from a local beekeeper. Raw carnauba wax granulate and paraffin wax are two other ingredients avaiable.

Does someone know the contents and proportions of a good mixture?

 

[heimlaga]

Would oldfashioned Simonitz car wax do the job?
The old kind that is hard and comes in round tin cans.

 

[CHJ]

Could try softening it up with some turps under gentle heat.

Make sure 'wax' does not contain silicones, a possibility with car waxes, don't want them around any wood that needs gluing or finishing.

 

[heimlaga]

Thanks.

The Siminitz cans bear to text "contain no silicone nor grinding agents". That is what drew by attention to them.

 

[Harbo]

100grm Beeswax to 250ml solvent.

Careful when warming up - I use a small electric ring.

Rod

 

[heimlaga]

Thanks Tod.

 

[DennisCA]

No wax option at all? Maybe some parafin or candle-type wax (no colors or scents added.)

I use Johnson's Paste wax here in the U.S. Sorry you can't find it there.

Found this thread while googling to try and find JPW in Finland and I can agree with him, I've never ever seen a paste wax in stores here and I need something for my TS top.

Finland is weird in places, one of my pet peeves is I've never been able to buy beef brisket, I even asked a butcher but he said he got his meat from the big plants and they turned that stuff into launatai-makkara (a type of sausage) and he couldn't get me any! Only time I got one was when a friend who has cattle had to put one down and I said to save that cut for me, so I could smoke it. They basically thought brisket was barely dog food, a common finnish view really. I guess paste wax is another!

/Rant off

 

[DennisCA]

Failing everything else, how about making your own wax polish - Bees Wax and Turpentine (or White Spirit)?

Rod

Hmm I got all those ingredients, perhaps one could add carnauba flakes, too?

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

I've been using WD40 for donkeys years (since moped days in 1976 in fact!!) And for a quick spray on solution in difficult to reach areas when you have no time it's superb.

 

[Jacob]

Ditto.
Or raw linseed oil half n half with turps. Splash it on everything. Particularly good on rusty old tools as it runs into the cracks and crevices and stays firmly stuck to rusty surfaces. You just sharpen it when ready to use and it will then self polish with no further effort required.

 

[whiskywill]

Failing everything else, how about making your own wax polish - Bees Wax and Turpentine (or White Spirit)?

Rod

Hmm I got all those ingredients, perhaps one could add carnauba flakes, too?

Carnauba wax is added to beeswax and turpentine to make the polish harder and to make it easier to get a shine on furniture. This is not really necessary but would do no harm in protecting steelwork on tools.

 

[wallace]

I have just got some renaissance wax to try out on my machines. I am always chasing the rust monster so the stuff will get a good trial.

 

[woodfarmer]

or maybe Boeings T9 ??