Have you heard about the man who bought 46 different rust-prevention products and tested them, side by side, on bits of steel? Here you go:
https://dayattherange.com/?page_id=3667 The gist: WD-40 Specialist Long-Term Corrosion Inhibitor and Frog Lube CLP (cleaning, lubrication, rust prevention) are the two products that best protected the steel against water and salt. The WD-40 corrosion inhibitor has the usual safety warnings and hazard warnings. The Frog Lube is "bio-based" and "non-hazardous in every way." Speaking of rust prevention: I found a piece of steel, sanded it with coarse sandpaper to make it shiny, and then treated it with what I had handy: Butcher's Boston Polish paste wax, Boeshield T-9, J. P. Weigel's Framesaver, and food-grade flax oil (a.k.a. raw and natural linseed oil). I left the steel outdoors. Here is what the steel looked like after seven days: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RogjxBAcQKTvtmP-TzD3ON_hlVWJDA8s/view?usp=sharing On the morning of Day Eight and on the morning of Day Nine, I sprayed the steel with a fine mist of salted water (one teaspoon of salt in a quarter cup of water). This is what the steel looked like on the morning of Day Eleven: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yWR9Qa7QjIjXwktKUPwNP6xSv6G3gL9R/view?usp=sharing It appears the clear winner in my little evaluation is Framesaver. Please note, however, that the food-grade flax oil had no chance at all since flax oil reportedly takes four weeks to dry/cure/harden. Anyway: just wanted to share this info with you-all in case you feel like spraying your bike tubes with something or other. Evan Elliot San Francisco -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/45d2e108-fa8a-4915-aeba-2db1e59e9865n%40googlegroups.com.
