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Posted by AKA gray asphalt on April 3, 2007, 2:23 am
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>> 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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> Hard to imagine that the square would rust in a desert environment unless
> you left it outside. That's when I have the most problems with my stuff.
> Or, I leave it there with the intention of returning the next day, then
> don't. Now, I try to put things up daily. I, too, live in the desert, in
> Las Vegas. And yes, stuff rusts or corrodes if you leave it out.
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> Other than that, I'd just use light oil, like a 5-20 wiped on there, and
> bring them in at night or when it rains.
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> Steve
I live near Vegas. North Las Vegas. : -)
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