Condensation

hecirp said:
...........I was advised to use LPS3 liberally both to coat, and also as rust preventative. It works fairly well, ..............Harvey
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+1 for what Harvey heard.

I use the LPS3 http://www.lpslabs.com/product_pg/corrosion_pg/LPS3.html and have had good luck with it in a unheated garage. Howver it is not cheap and leaves a soft waxy coating on everything.

The company I worked for decided at one point to cut clean-up and environmental cost and went to the use of Vapor Phase Corrosion Inhibitors (VCIs) during shipping. That worked fine during warm weather but when trucking new machinery during winter weather like now the machines sweated like a cold glass of tea when unloaded from cold trucks and moved indoors. Then they rusted before being unpacked and installed.

Benny
The Orphanage Never Closes
 
I read this thread a few times yesterday. I was very surprised today when I went out into the garage/shop to do some milling, and saw all my machinery drenched in water. It looked like someone turned on a hose in the shop! I guess it was caused by the unusually warm 60 degree temps here, heavy fog, and cooler inside temps from being closed up??? Oh well - I wiped em down good and gave them a good shot of iol for now. We'll see how it looks tomorrow - supposed to get snow tonight and only 15 degrees tomorrow. What a weird winter so far.
 
I use one of those magnet mount block heaters for diesel engines. Simply 'sticks' to the machine and slooooooly applies a bit of warmth to the metal.
Before I did that I had condensation literally running off the equipment.

Ray
 
I also cover my machines with moving blankets (in an unheated garage) and that helps minimize the moisture levels between blanket and machine metal surfaces. not perfect, but definitely a huge improvement using nothing but low tech. I do cover unprotected metal surfaces with paste wax though.
 
d4xycrq said:
I use one of those magnet mount block heaters for diesel engines. Simply 'sticks' to the machine and slooooooly applies a bit of warmth to the metal.
Before I did that I had condensation literally running off the equipment.

Ray
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Ya beat me to it Ray! That and a moving blanket.


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d4xycrq said:
I use one of those magnet mount block heaters for diesel engines. Simply 'sticks' to the machine and slooooooly applies a bit of warmth to the metal.
Before I did that I had condensation literally running off the equipment.

Ray
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Now that sounds like a plan.

Only problem with heating a machine is either mice will sit on it or cats. I prefer cats, they don't munch on wires and they keep the mice away. Moth balls seem to keep the mice out though.
 
A good friend who passed away last year had a pole barn as well. We converted one of the stalls to a warm room for year round use. Can you do something similar?
Pierre
 
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