Thread: Preserving tools for long storage

Mr Brush! Was just going to edit the fact that you put me onto this (hence being in the cart).

An Aussie company too. Ive read the reviews and users say All Good Things about it.

Thanks for the lead John, Im going to use it on quite a few tools (not...errr... that they are unused...or anything... )

Is the G15 easy to remove when the time comes?
And will it discolour the handles should it come into contact with a bit with cracked or absent finish.

Cheers
Arron

Hi Arron

I won't recommend any chemical as I have not tried them for long term storage. Concern would be that what is good for the metal may not be good for the woodwork or finish.

Second: do you have to store precious tools in a damp garage? Is there somewhere dry available? Under bed, ontop of wardrobe, in ceiling cavity?

Have you thought of vacuum sealing them using a food vacuum sealer. Mine (Pro-Line) cost about $200 four years ago and gets a lot of use:

• vacuum press for wood (marquetry) veneering,
• glue up of laminated panels - flat and curved,
• individually vacuum packed shirts, pants, etc take up a quarter of the room in a suitcase,
• small objects vacuumed onto a shhet of cardboard for mailing,
• rarely used for food.

Seasons Greetings

Graeme

Mr Brush has told me that the Veritas tools he shipped to me were coated in the G15.

It absolutely did not feel like oil. There was no stain or colouration to impart from the substance. It was apparent he'd put *something* on them, but it came off with a microfibre towel (I use Mr Sega brand off Amazon for litterally everything!). I'd suppose one could say they looked *moist*, but on touching it was more like PTFE or the evaporated remnant of INNOX (which I have - but its not quite the same stuff).

There was not a single spec of rust, mark or finger print anywhere on any of the planes/saws. Brush advised that they were sprayed some time back and stored in a drawer in a plastic baggies (at a guess, the Glad Ziplock styles).

I've not used it personally, but their website is emphatic in its description, plus I've seen the end-result of apparent longer storage..... PERFECT.

I use INNOX on the Lathe bed, TS and BS top before storage. I've a can of G15 in my Carbatec cart (it seems to be sold only in limited places)

G15 Liquid Corrossion Inhibitor | Corrosion Protection Products

Ah! Look!

These guys, the makers of G15, also carry a range of interesting corrosion inhibiting products!

Right up our alley!

Products - Australian Inhibitors

They have that interesting paper all the veritas stuff comes wrapped in, plus a few other shrink/store plastics/films/baggies.

Sounds like the perfect job for VCI (vapor corrosion inhibitor) paper inside a VCI poly bag. Nothing to discolor the wooden handles and the VCI paper and poly will work for years. Wrap the tools in paper and place in the bag, seal the bag and call it a day. The only catch is check that the paper you're getting is suitable for the metals on your tools. Some papers will do both ferrous and non ferrous metals others just ferrous.

WD40, Inox, G15 will change the color of any raw wood. G15 is an excellent product if you don't go the VCI route. If you apply it carefully though, it shouldn't spread to the handles, since it dries to form a film over the metal.

Ok, thanks for all the responses
I’ve decided to buy a couple of cans of G15. It sounds like a fairly compliant product I’ll be able to keep off the handles. Some of my Addis tools are 150 years old and the Henry Taylor’s are at least 100 and scarcely been used, so I don’t want to be the person responsible for messing them up.

Once I’ve got two cans I’ll probably go nuts and do everything as most of my toys are stored in the same shed unused.

Cheers
Arron

Hi Arron

I'm another who uses G15. I'm in Soldiers Point (just up the coast from you) about 100m from the salt water. I've got a liberal supply of WD40 and Inox on hand but G15 is my go to for rust prevention for my tools and anything else steel in the shed.

I think the key for your situation is once you have coated your tools with whichever product you choose is to store them in a plastic container that is pretty well air tight. I have had a few of my grandfathers old tools, odds and sods stored in the shed for a number of years just sprayed with WD40, loosely wrapped in cloth and kept in an airtight plastic container. No rust at all.

Nowadays I substitute G15 for the WD40 and Inox because I think it is better.

Regards
Twosheds

Evan, why does that link get a warning on the two browsers I tried saying it might have spyware? I only use Defender BTW.

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

Evan, why does that link get a warning on the two browsers I tried saying it might have spyware? I only use Defender BTW.

It's because their SSL certificate is expired. If you click thru the details you'll see something like the following:

Details
The website’s security certificate is not yet valid or has expired.
Error Code: DLG_FLAGS_SEC_CERT_DATE_INVALID

This is just poor web ownership - they're using a Lets Encrypt certificate which requires a regular renewal process (usually automated) and the cert expired on 20‎ ‎February‎ ‎2019, so they've ignored this error that their customers get for a long time! Faced with this, I would NOT purchase anything via their webstore (it doesn't really look like they have one) and I'd fall back to using some other supplier of their products, or use the phone (although, will they be more careful with your credit card details when you call them??)

Not WD40 as that attracts water (smells good). CRC 3-36 and bobs your uncle.

Better than INOX