Eons ago, in college, I occasionally helped a friend in the Archaeology lab. Metal artifacts were protected after cleaning by immersing them in melted beeswax with maybe a little carnauba. The coating is hard, thin, and did a good job of protection. --Might want to try that... (It wouldn't surprise me one bit that nowadays this form of conservation would be frowned on...) Joe P. -----Original Message----- >From: Mark Sanders <marksanders_at_sandmarks.net> >I'd like to try some of this. I bought the cheapest dive knife I could >find, so of course it rusted quickly. At one point I tried coating it >with candle wax, which actually seemed to work well! > >Mark > >On 8/12/2010 3:50 AM, Dan McCarty wrote: >> Regarding rusting knives. >> >> I have a tractor and one day when I was buying parts the dealer gave me a >> small spray can of Fluid Film... >*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 12 2010 - 07:52:44 PDT
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