Thread: Carbon coating your table saw surface

It certainly looks impressive.

Is it just my browser, I can't find any seller in Aus?
Rgds,
Crocy.

Originally Posted by Old Croc

I can't find any seller in Aus?

There isn't one! I had to order direct from Carbon Method

The price is $79 USD for a kit which they claim only covers one tool but I found it covers a table saw with enough left over to cover a bandsaw and maybe a few extra top up coats in the future which might not be necessary for a long time. To avoid extra delivery costs, I ordered the larger kit which was $99 USD which I thought was inexpensive until I realised that our dollar's value has dropped and $99 USD is now about $150 AUD and add a big delivery cost (took 10 days) takes it over $200 AUD. So as I said above it is expensive but given the results I now see, well worth it and I won't hesitate to order more when I run out. The other product in the kit I forgot to mention was Carbon glide. It's equivalent to another product not sold in Aus called Bostik glide cote which is meant to not only make the surface slick but provide a level of protection. Carbon glide, easily out does that as well as paste wax. I sound like I'm running an infomercial.

Originally Posted by barri

the other product in the kit I forgot to mention was Carbon glide. It's equivalent to another product not sold in Aus called Bostik glide cote which is meant to not only make the surface slick but provide a level of protection. Carbon glide, easily out does that as well as paste wax. I sound like I'm running an infomercial.

Thanks for that. Yes the US post and parcel freighters have us over a barrel. I guess I will have to keep using Camelia oil, bought a bulk bottle. I lather it on, leave it in the sun all day and then hand buff it. Lasts for quite a while but the timber eventually wears it away and has to be redone.
Hopefully someone will resell the Carbon method here soon.
Rgds,
Crocy.

I've been using SilberGelit but it's even softer than paste wax. Works a treat, though it doesn't fully stop blackening of your cast iron. You just need to remember to re-apply, hopefully before stuff gets stuck in your planer. I have to say that if this Carbon Method stuff was available in Oz for about the US price I'd seriously consider it.

You got sucked in real good. Hope it works! I was interested in the product but the postage cost alone was a joke.

a video about this came up in my youtube feed as well:





I'd have to watch the videos on the OP etc, but I'd be interested to know how it goes in the long term with use, most wax's, silvergliet etc all do ok with protection but need reapplying most likely because is gets scraped off with use so would be interested in seeing how this goes. I actually started investigating the possibilty of having a table saw "cerakoted" which is something alot of gun owners have done to prevent rifle corrosion.

North East Cerakote - Cerakoting Services Victoria & NSW

Cerakote is a thin film ceramic coating. It is tough and attractive. Itis a composite epoxy coating made with a polymer-ceramic. After a surface is coated in Cerakote, it becomes corrosion resistant, abrasion resistant, and chemical resistant. There are many other protective properties as well. The end-result is that Cerakote can be applied to any hard surface, meaning that we regularly apply Cerakote to plastics, synthetic polymers, Hydrographics (Water Transfers) metals, and even wood. The result is a Pristine Finished Surface that looks amazing.

how ever obviously never been done to a table saw cast iron no one could really tell me how long it would last with rough hardwood going over it, thought about using it as my big break into youtube, that and a camo table saw would look pretty bad ass. I think the biggest hurdle was finding somewhere with an oven big enough to do the table.

Originally Posted by hurcorh

You got sucked in real good.

Sucked in, yes. Regrets, none!

They do free shipping on orders over §150 perhaps pooling ordered together would make sense


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Originally Posted by forrestmount

They do free shipping on orders over §150 perhaps pooling ordered together would make sense

No they don't! Where did you see that? No where on their web site do they mention free shipping.

Originally Posted by forrestmount

They do free shipping on orders over §150 perhaps pooling ordered together would make sense

If they do offer free shipping, it would very likely be only within the CUSA or perhaps contiguous North America. That seems to be par for the course for free shipping within the USA. Any such deal would almost certainly require direct negotiation and an arrangement what was only 1/2 a step from a full distributorship.

In good news, shipping costs are coming down again, and are expected to be back to normal soon (for container freight costs). So hopefully we can see the usurious charges by freight forwarding companies come down a bit soon. (Yes, I'm an optimist.)

Originally Posted by havabeer69

a video about this came up in my youtube feed as well:





I'd have to watch the videos on the OP etc, but I'd be interested to know how it goes in the long term with use.

TL;DW: It's great, he likes it, the only question was over some rusting caused by standing acidic water on the table; he re-endorses the product.

I'd love to try it - at AUD100 for the kit. But not at AUD220. Maybe an ordinary vehicular ceramic coating would be worth a try?

Originally Posted by djeddy

TL;DW: It's great, he likes it, the only question was over some rusting caused by standing acidic water on the table; he re-endorses the product.

I'd love to try it - at AUD100 for the kit. But not at AUD220. Maybe an ordinary vehicular ceramic coating would be worth a try?

I've got some leftover Autoglym ceramic coating out in the shed. Was going to use it on the wife's car, but it is probably wasted on a Camry that keeps bumping into things. Might give it a try on table saw and band saw and see how it goes. It certainly works well on my 4WD - I have applied it about once every two years since new - the car is 11 years old now and the paint still looks like new.

Autoglym | Ultra High Definition Ceramic Coating

Originally Posted by djeddy

If they do offer free shipping, it would very likely be only within the CUSA or perhaps contiguous North America.

They don't offer free shipping even in contiguous North America but you're right there's no way known a USA company would ship to Australia for free except if you're an Amazon prime member or they inflate the price to include delivery and don't tell you.

Just a follow up. They now produce there own version of WD40 they claim is much better as well as their own scotch brite pads for cleaning off rust. While I fully endorse their carbon coating and carbon glide products, I can't say I'll be rushing to buy these addons. Scotch brite pads of various grits are sold at places like Timbecon and Sydney tools and easy to get on line and WD40 works fine for me. Anyway here's the video

THE NEW WAY to remove rust from cast iron tools! - YouTube