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Posted by Andrew Mawson on August 23, 2006, 12:04 pm
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> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:42:00 -0500, Myford Matt
>
> >
> >In George Thomas's book 'The Model Engineer's Workshop Manual' he
is
> >very clear that Ensis oil 152 or 158 (SAE20) from Shell is a
wonderful
> >corrosion protection product:
> >
> >'All of these products are described by the manufacturers as
> >"non-drying" oils - a property which I find most valuable because
small
> >tools and parts of models can be wiped over with the thinnest film
of
> >oil which, even after the passage of many years, will not oxidise
and
> >leave the bright parts coated with a depressing looking film of
brown
> >varnish which is what invariably happens when ordinary oil is used
for
> >the purpose... No workshop should be without it.'
> >
> >I phoned Shell, who were helpful, but said that the product codes
were
> >out of date - GHT's wonder oil is now probably DW1255 - and that I
> >could only buy it in a minimum of 20 litre quantities.
> >
> >So, simple question, is there a modern day equivalent (WD40
perhaps?)
> >which can be bought in sensible volumes?
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Matt
>
> WD40 is too light to stay around very long, Ensis leaves a heavy
film which is
> really a coating, that stays for years.
>
> If you need that kind of protection then you need Ensis or its
modern
> equivalent.
>
>
> Peter
> --
> Peter A Forbes
> Prepair Ltd, Luton, UK
> prepair@easynet.co.uk
> http://www.prepair.co.uk
Shell Ensis is still available and comes in several grades. I recently
bought 20 litres of 'S' grade to coat everything prior to my aborted
house move. These are the people I got it from:
http://www.btls.co.uk/LMetal.htm
AWEM
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>In George Thomas's book 'The Model Engineer's Workshop Manual' he is
>very clear that Ensis oil 152 or 158 (SAE20) from Shell is a wonderful
>corrosion protection product:
>
>'All of these products are described by the manufacturers as
>"non-drying" oils - a property which I find most valuable because small
>tools and parts of models can be wiped over with the thinnest film of
>oil which, even after the passage of many years, will not oxidise and
>leave the bright parts coated with a depressing looking film of brown
>varnish which is what invariably happens when ordinary oil is used for
>the purpose... No workshop should be without it.'
>
>I phoned Shell, who were helpful, but said that the product codes were
>out of date - GHT's wonder oil is now probably DW1255 - and that I
>could only buy it in a minimum of 20 litre quantities.
>
>So, simple question, is there a modern day equivalent (WD40 perhaps?)
>which can be bought in sensible volumes?
>
>Cheers
>
>Matt