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I am interested in your ideas on long term cam storage in my garage.
I did coat with spray lithium grease and stored in thick plastic bags but a few still ended up with surface rust:mad:
I was planning to coat with a real sticky grease Mystik and place into 2" ABS piping and ends caps glued to prevent the moist Canadian spring air to condense and rust everything it touches.
Your ideas are most welcome
Miles,
I have all critical machined parts in my basement where temp and humidity can be easily controlled. When I have to have machined parts in garage, they are treated with Cosmoline. It is that brown waxy type protectant you see on parts. My garage is also heated and have dehumidifier out there too. EVERY day during winter months, the cars melt off all their slush, snow, salt, brine, and make a mess out of garage. Garage gets squeegeed out on a daily basis, and floor gets moped. I do this for two reasons, to remove the salt off the concrete and to remove the moisture in garage. It's the price you pay for having a heated garage. I have no issues with rust forming on anything and I live at least as far north as Toronto. Keeping the temperature and humidity stable will go a long ways to alleviating your issue with machined parts rusting.
Todd
Thanks Todd,
I did a bit of reading and I should go buy some Cosmoline.
If you had an air tight container and some O2 absorbers you'd be good to go also.
That was my first thought with the sealed ABS pipeQuote:
Originally Posted by cordes
i usually put machined parts in a trash bag and dump motor oil in and wrap them up with the rest of the bag. sometimes put them in another bag or wrap with saran wrap and put on the shelf.
havent had an issue other than making a mess lol.
Brian
Most Mopar parts use that paper to keep corrosions away. They use some type of oil also.Quote:
Originally Posted by ajakeski
Lots of ideas, thanks Guys!
I like the pvc pipe idea for nothing else it keeps the physical damage potential down. Last fall I bought a 5 gallon of sprayable cosmoline and use it for alot of stuff besides coating the cars.
Sometimes I think plastic bags can be your worst enemy. Better off wrapped in paper than in non sealed plastic.
trash bags, oil and a ziptie closing it tight is sealed. as long as you dont poke holes in the bag with the part.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ondonti
Brian
http://www.lpslabs.com/product-details/612
We use this on aircraft components for corrosion control.
I'm gonna come in with the 'homebrew/no-research/i-had-it-laying-around' suggestion. I use battery terminal 'protector' spray on such things. I never actually run out of it just using it on batteries so i started using it to coat things i didn't want to rust, like input shafts sticking out of transmissions, CV axle splines, etc. Leaves a much thicker film than almost anything else that comes in a spray can, so it'll even resist a certain amount of direct rainfall. :lol:
http://www.crcindustries.com/product...-oz-05046.html
For things that can fit in a bag, what about a vacuum sealer?
Just toss in some of that parts paper that was already mentioned, and use a vacuum sealer.
If you add oil, it might get sucked up into the vacuum, so just some of that treated paper would probably do the trick. You need moisture and oxygen to rust. If you remove either you should be good.
You should be able to store them in a sealed container with a gaseous nitrogen blanket too, like you would purge or lay-up a refrigeration system.
Camshafts, Cant run the motor without one, or a couple of them ;-) I know we've had threads on how to store their bigger and more popular half brothers-the crankshafts. I never gave them as much thought for storage as in this thread. Generally I just store mine inside their valve covers in the motor :-0 I too like the terminal spray method when thryre not still encased in a motor. Plus as a bonus when you go to use one years later theyre all nice and red from the terminal spray. :-)
Well thank you very much. Just went and pulled out my TIII cams (due to this thread) I have stored in the house and found surface rust.
Trust me I know how you feel!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by karlak
Since one of my NOS cam was covered in Cosmoline and was in beautiful condition after nearly 30 years, I purchased 5 gallons of the stuff. A bit pricey but so are my parts.