Best way to deal with rust/corrosion

[strum456]

Some great ideas, and a good sea story to boot...��
I will definitely try out the products listed, and get my needle scaler out there. No one mentioned sandblasting? Wondering if it will not peel rust off that good? Dang, I just bought a big compressor for that reason....lol

You have 2 options in my opinion.

1. Spray it periodically with hydraulic fluid. Get an engine cleaner from Harbor Freight and use it to suck hydraulic oil out of a jug and spray it all over everything.
2. Sand blast and paint

Option #2 will require a large blaster, unless you have a LOT of time and patience. As was mentioned, maybe you can find a local company that has a mobile blaster. This usually consists of a big diesel engine running a 500 or so CFM compressor and it blows abrasive out of something the size of a fire hose.

Rust converters, POR 15 are a complete waste of time. (consider yourself warned)

 

[newbury]

You have 2 options in my opinion.

1. Spray it periodically with hydraulic fluid.
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That's my method for my 1995 M4700 with mostly original hydraulic lines. After much consultation on the TBN Hydraulics forum the general consensus seemed to be "go till it blows". An occasional leak, usually on one of the FEL lines, sprays all over (one time it was misting). Then I replace the line

/edit - I've been spraying it down/replacing a line about once every 2 years.

 

[Rock Crawler]

The whale oil no longer exists in the paint. Sad, the story is kind of interesting.

What is funny is that you will find in forums all over the internet that people blame the slow drying times (horrible slow, to the point of making me hate the product) on the continued use of fish oil.

My opinion is that Rustoleum is really no longer a valid product, you have much better products such as POR 15, Eastwood Chassis Black, KBS Chassis Coat, Chassis Saver.... I have used all aside from the KBS 3 step system and find them all to work well.

I also find that spray bombs of VHT Epoxy Chassis gloss and satin black (purple label, aerosol cans with a suspension strut on the label) are extremely good products for frames and suspension parts up here in the rust belt, and it lasts all winter over scale and rust while being wetted and salt/calcium covered all winter. Re-spray every spring and it stays tightly adhered and black until next spring.
VHT SP652 Satin Black Epoxy Amazon.com: VHT (SP65-6 PK) Gloss Black Epoxy All Weather Paint - 11 oz. Aerosol, (Case of 6): Automotive
VHT SP650 Gloss Black Epoxy Amazon.com: VHT (SP65-6 PK) Gloss Black Epoxy All Weather Paint - 11 oz. Aerosol, (Case of 6): Automotive

Rust-Oleum is a manufacturer of protective paints and coatings for home and industrial use. It was founded in 1921 by Robert Fergusson (a sea captain, not the famous poet) after he noticed that raw fish oil spilled on rusty metal decks stopped corrosion from spreading. He soon incorporated whale oil into the formula, although many changes have been made over the years. Rust-Oleum products no longer contain whale oil, instead using resins derived from Alkyds, polyurethanes, epoxys, latex, etc.

Rust-Oleum - Wikipedia