[Sean Khan]

Two nails. Both had their rust removed using a grinder wirebrush.

One was left as is. The other was rubbed with a tissue paper damp with linseed oil and then hit with a jet lighter. Repeated it 2 or 3 times.

I live in a corrosive and humid climate. You can see the difference between the two nails after a few months. One is rusted, the other is clean and shiny.

Anyone else use linseed oil for rust prevention? Do you have good results? Do you hit it with a flame? Or that isn't necessary?

 

[treefork]

Good idea . Going to give that a try . I don't think the flame is a must but we shall see .

 

[skarrd]

i will have to give it a try,with and without flame

 

[Sean Khan]

Thanks. Love to hear sometime how it turned out for you guys.

 

[Sandstorm]

I don’t have too much of a problem out where I’m at with rust but I use silicone grease (for plumbing) on a lot of my stuff. Works really well on my carbon steel Mora’s. And quite a few of my jewelers tools.

 

[Sean Khan]

I use something called "AntiCor" for my guns and knives. I think it was.. or is... used by the US Coast Guard to stop their guns rusting. It works very well. So yes there will of course be products that are much better for this job than linseed oil.

I used linseed oil because:

1. It's cheap. Cheaper than dirt.

2. I got too much of it when I decided to make my own slingshots out of wood and I soon realized that I hate the stuff (it stinks to high heaven) and have no use for it. I just want to get rid of as much as I can as fast I can. So it was a pleasant surprise to find out the useless stuff is actually useful for something.

 

[Sandstorm]

I use something called "AntiCor" for my guns and knives. I think it was.. or is... used by the US Coast Guard to stop their guns rusting. It works very well. So yes there will of course be products that are much better for this job than linseed oil.

I used linseed oil because:

1. It's cheap. Cheaper than dirt.

2. I got too much of it when I decided to make my own slingshots out of wood and I soon realized that I hate the stuff (it stinks to high heaven) and have no use for it. I just want to get rid of as much as I can as fast I can. So it was a pleasant surprise to find out the useless stuff is actually useful for something.

Lmao fair enough!

 

[Sean Khan]

About a year back, I made these knives:

What do I do with this?

I hate these kinds of scissors. Pinch my hand, it does. So I cut them open. Now I got two potential knives. Surprisingly, they are ready to be used.. the grip isn't all that uncomfortable. However, I would like to wrap it in twine or plastic string or whatever. Suggestions welcome. Work...

www.slingshotforum.com

And I recalled, I had coated them with linseed oil back then (no flame).

I just dug these out and hey... not a speck of rust:

That yellow-brown patina is the dried linseed oil, not rust. I seems to have formed a hard plastic shell. I can't remove it easily. So yeah it works as a rust preventative. But if you don't use flame.. or use too much oil ... it leaves an ugly finish and stays tacky for a while.

 

[Trap1]

@Sean Khan Also used in oil paint as a medium mixed with varying percentages of turpentine (which would also soften & remove it easily,) it does yellow with age.

 

[Sean Khan]

turpentine (which would also soften & remove it easily,)

Good to know. Thanks.

 

[Tag]

Thanks for sharing this video👍 My screwdrivers (cheap) ones rust terrible. I will try this out