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Posted by AKA gray asphalt on April 1, 2007, 6:12 pm
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:34:44 -0700, "AKA gray asphalt"
>
>>I've got to start taking better care of my tools. CLR got some lime or
>>whatever it was off of an electric stapler but my T=square is rusted
>>beyond
>>help. It's a few decades old but when it was my dad's it was bright and
>>shiny. Is there an oil to put on things like saws clamps which seem to be
>>taking the worst from the desert weather here?
>>Thanks again,
>>: - )
>>
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> Plain engine oil should do the job. I'd use a non-detergent straight
> 10W. Others mentioned 3 in 1 oil, and yes that will work too, but why
> pay a high price for that stuff, then have to cope with all your tools
> smelling like some nasty perfume. I never understood why make that
> stuff stink like it does, and if you get it on your hands you'll smell
> it for days no matter how much you wash them.
>
> If the 10W is a little too thick, add a little kerosene to it.
> Another thing that would work is Neatsfoot oil, which is intended to
> oil leather saddles and other leather.
Is oil better than wax? Seems like wax would be a less messy.
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