hi,

i have a jar of anhydrous lanolin in the shop. when diluted with
mineral spirits and applied to metal it really does work as a rust
inhibitor. i used it on galvanised shackles in a marine application,
allowed the shackle to be unscrewed after a summer moorage.

the fluid film product range includes lanolin, i believe.

i haven't done side by side tests with linseed oil, but i go out on a
limb and say lanolin works better. It really clings, and with my
lanolin anyway, imparts a comforting sheep smell :)

alistair

On 27-Oct-09, at 9:52 AM, Roger Whittaker wrote:

dear rusty seam
has been discussed a great deal just this year that linseed oil or
lanolin
will arrest and prevent rust everywhere it comes in contact with metal
lanolin is about 150$ a gallon here in canada and linseed oil about 50$
yours

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> i should restrain myself but...
>
>
> wd40 is a mixture of a carrier/solvent, stoddard or mineral, or "what
> ever" petroleum distillate and something more.... it seems to leave a
> greasy residue when sprayed liberally (not conservatively) on metal
> and the carrier allowed to evaporate so i suspect there is more to it
> than just the carrier.
>
> its great for what it was invented for.
>
>
>
> cosmolene is a thick packing grease type product used to prevent rust
> when you want to store a bunch of surplus jeeps :) it has stoddard
> solvent  or naptha as the carrier and then some long chain aliphatic,
> like a grease or a wax, and also i believe they add some sort of rust
> inhibiting compound.
>
> goes on like thick grease, it acts as a moisture barrier and can,
> after a few years, get really hard to remove.
>
>
>
> hey, how about using it on our seams?
>
> (that was joke)
>
> alistair
>

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