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   ken_hill | Mar 12, 2002 10:18pm | #1

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   Randy- Perhaps storage in plastic totes or ammo boxes, with the addition of a dessicant like silica gel? -Ken

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   Steve_Schefer | Mar 12, 2002 10:39pm | #2

   *Simple, just like with a table saw, use Johnsons Paste Wax. Steve

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   3rd_generation | Mar 13, 2002 04:23am | #3

   *randy- try this method a little wierd but i use it and it works. take a sock athick one prefer, fill it 1/3 to 1/2 with rice, you can put a very thin coat of paste wax. and i think you've cinched your problem. cheers

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   piffin_ | Mar 13, 2002 05:43am | #4

   *I use Bostich B9 spray. it is a penetrating wax.

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   ken_hill | Mar 13, 2002 07:56am | #5

   *pif- Is that the Boesheild? -Ken

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   Thomas_Moen | Mar 13, 2002 08:45am | #6

   *Paste wax works for me. Just remember to re-apply every once in a while.

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   domermatt | Apr 02, 2002 11:34pm | #7

   I use Rennaisance Wax. It works great on all my tools stored out in the garage.  It's expensive but well worth it.When people 100 years from now see my work, they'll know I cared. --Matt Mulka

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   Piffin | Apr 03, 2002 04:09am | #8

   Yeah, that's right. Musta been asleep at the switch when I posted that one back in the old board and just now getting caught up. I used it on my table saw top too. It is also good for my trim circular saw footplate to keep it sliding neat without dragging dirt marks on good wood.

   Any way I work within a stones throw of the Atlantic Ocean most of the time and my seven year old Tablesaw top is only just now starting to show a brown colouring. But then I haven't used it so much this year.Excellence is its own reward!

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   4Lorn1 | Apr 14, 2002 02:30am | #9

   I feel your pain. Being in a warm and rainy environment rust is a constant problem for myself also. I have had some luck using paste wax and sealed tool boxes, ammo cans and tight plastic units. The addition of a vapor deposition pad to each box has turned the tide. Now I only find rust after I work in the rain and don't properly put the tools away. The pads are available at:

   http://www.senson.com.au/tdata/vapaguard_pads.htm

   I find that the P2 model works well for the size of my tool boxes. You will have to size the pad/s for the internal volume of your tool box and adjust for how often you open them. I hope this helps.

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   jc21 | Apr 28, 2002 10:27pm | #10

   Lie-Nielsen has a silicon(e) treated cloth sock for storing planes that is supposed to help keep rust at bay.  Just got one and will see how it works.

   http://www.lie-nielsen.com/tool.html?id=PS-Small&cart=102002174851293