thread cutters

[kier]

Hi , I have just emptied my old tap and die draw , approximately 150 taps from 1.6mm to 1 inch, my question is how do I preserve them most have a light rust , do I spray with wd40 type or de rust them in some solution first , I don't want to de rust them and then find they rust again
I would like to keep them in order any suggestions the cabernet they were in has 2 x 2ft by 4 inch and 2 half draws with no divisions

 

[grim_d]

If the drawers are relatively sealed then a dunk in a water displacing oil and line the drawers with VCI paper.

 

[gordon stephenson]

Wooden drawers are better than metal, Spray with WD 40 etc, I have had good results using anti corrosion paper,

 

[Spark plug]

I find Duck oil to be better in this instance than WD40.

 

[Dev]

I had to look up VCI paper, I think they used in in the toilets when I was at school

 

[Spark plug]

I had to look up VCI paper, I think they used in in the toilets when I was at school

No that was Izal, same stuff but with a funkey smell.

 

[kier]

the draws are wooden, had to look up vci paper myself sounds good though, just ordered
some

 

[gordon stephenson]

I have some spray Plus gas, It's the dogs @@@@

 

[Alan Reynolds]

My tools are all in metal drawers in the garage but every draw has several large silica gel sachets in them. I never suffer with rust, even in damp winters. If you're even in the Broxbourne Herts area I could give you loads.

 

[Windy Miller]

If anybody wants some silica gel in larger quantities than your average sachet, try this:

https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-silica-diamond-gel-cat-litter-38l/p/0433627

Stick a mug full in an old sock and you’re well away!

 

[ukracer]

I have some spray Plus gas, It's the dogs @@@@

Where from?

 

[gordon stephenson]

Plus gas was a boot sale purchase last year, so don't know the retailer, Mine was Cheeeep.

WOW, Just checked ebay, spray plus gas is pricy, I still have a couple of gallon cans of Plus gas that I'v had for ages,
I used to put into my "home made" aerosol can, Tall empty hair spray can, with a car tyre schrader valve soldered into the dished bottom, Worked great but was a right pain to refill through the valve!!!

 

[kier]

Wilco it is

 

[Milkybars]

My tools are all in metal drawers in the garage but every draw has several large silica gel sachets in them. I never suffer with rust, even in damp winters. If you're even in the Broxbourne Herts area I could give you loads.

I would be interested in some of those, as i have got stuff with silica gel i have been doing the same ..but haven't got enough !! (based in Ilford..so not far)

 

[ukracer]

I would be interested in some of those, as i have got stuff with silica gel i have been doing the same ..but haven't got enough !! (based in Ilford..so not far)

Interesting comments....I was just thinking of a little money extending project as I have several meters of damp proof membrane so I guess it would lose moisture in but not out so little sachets filled with cat crystals might sell on ebay. I doubt the chinese will be interested in copying them. lol

 

[bigegg]

Wilco it is

Asda sells it as well.
Felight brand.
£4.45 for 3.8l, so a bit more than wilco.

If you boil it up in caustic soda, you end up with isoglass (water glass),
which is fireproofer - soak an old bedsheet in it to make a welding screen, mix with sand to make silica cores for casting - it "cures" on exposure to co2

 

[andymfell]

could you not coat them in hot dip wax
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/lubrica...oatings/protective-coating-red-hot-dip/f/7886

£4.49 for 0.5Kg

would also protect the cutting surfaces from damage
working temperature of 140 deg C

 

[bigegg]

could you not coat them in hot dip wax
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/lubrica...oatings/protective-coating-red-hot-dip/f/7886

£4.49 for 0.5Kg

would also protect the cutting surfaces from damage
working temperature of 140 deg C

what's the difference between that, and candle wax? (apart from the melting point?)

 

[grim_d]

could you not coat them in hot dip wax
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/lubrica...oatings/protective-coating-red-hot-dip/f/7886

£4.49 for 0.5Kg

would also protect the cutting surfaces from damage
working temperature of 140 deg C

I really fancy some of this to protect big milling cutters. Could melt it in a pot over a camping stove.

what's the difference between that, and candle wax? (apart from the melting point?)

It peels off perfectly and easily.

 

[ukracer]

what's the difference between that, and candle wax? (apart from the melting point?)

It's more malleable,. .candle wax is brittle.