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Posted by Max Krippler on April 30, 2008, 12:23 pm
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Hi,
I've recently bought a small Austrian vertical mill, and when I took
the covers off, it became apparent that it was left out in the rain.
Only a few areas of the castings are rusted and it looks fresh (bright
orange).
What is the best thing to use to take the rust off the gray-iron
castings, and to keep it from coming back? I've been told that rust
is like a cancer, and that it will often return after you've had it
once.
--Maxx
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Posted by Ignoramus10026 on April 30, 2008, 1:06 pm
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> Hi,
> I've recently bought a small Austrian vertical mill, and when I took
> the covers off, it became apparent that it was left out in the rain.
> Only a few areas of the castings are rusted and it looks fresh (bright
> orange).
>
> What is the best thing to use to take the rust off the gray-iron
> castings, and to keep it from coming back? I've been told that rust
> is like a cancer, and that it will often return after you've had it
> once.
>
I would wirebrush this surface, then oil it, then wipe clean with
paper towels, then oil again.
Use oil that is sold as corrosion preventative.
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Posted by Wes on April 30, 2008, 4:50 pm
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>What is the best thing to use to take the rust off the gray-iron
>castings, and to keep it from coming back? I've been told that rust
>is like a cancer, and that it will often return after you've had it
>once.
I'm fond of scotchbrite pads and some oil. That is assuming a finished
surface. Wirebrush if the casting itself.
Wes
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Posted by Nick Leone on April 30, 2008, 4:54 pm
Please log in for more thread options While in my experience WD-40 makes a crappy lubricant, it *does* do a good
job displacing water. I'd say wire brush that sucker, then hose it down
with WD-40.
-Nick
> Hi,
> I've recently bought a small Austrian vertical mill, and when I took
> the covers off, it became apparent that it was left out in the rain.
> Only a few areas of the castings are rusted and it looks fresh (bright
> orange).
>
> What is the best thing to use to take the rust off the gray-iron
> castings, and to keep it from coming back? I've been told that rust
> is like a cancer, and that it will often return after you've had it
> once.
>
> --Maxx
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Posted by DoN. Nichols on May 1, 2008, 12:58 am
Please log in for more thread options >> Hi,
>> I've recently bought a small Austrian vertical mill, and when I took
>> the covers off, it became apparent that it was left out in the rain.
>> Only a few areas of the castings are rusted and it looks fresh (bright
>> orange).
>>
>> What is the best thing to use to take the rust off the gray-iron
>> castings, and to keep it from coming back? I've been told that rust
>> is like a cancer, and that it will often return after you've had it
>> once.
> While in my experience WD-40 makes a crappy lubricant, it *does* do a good
> job displacing water. I'd say wire brush that sucker, then hose it down
> with WD-40.
If there is still water there -- yes WD-40 is good for
displacing it. And it helps to break up rust with the help of wire
brush or some other abrasive method.
But WD-40 is useless for *keeping* water off. Once the
hose-down with WD-40 is done, dry it off with paper towels or the like,
and then rub down with an oil which will stay put -- something like
Vactra No. 2 waylube (which you will probably want on the mill's ways in
use anyway).
Good Luck,
DoN.
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> I've recently bought a small Austrian vertical mill, and when I took
> the covers off, it became apparent that it was left out in the rain.
> Only a few areas of the castings are rusted and it looks fresh (bright
> orange).
>
> What is the best thing to use to take the rust off the gray-iron
> castings, and to keep it from coming back? I've been told that rust
> is like a cancer, and that it will often return after you've had it
> once.
>