Spray-on protective grease for hyd cyl rods

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texbaylea

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For the present I have to leave my tractor outside plus I am thinking about buying a backhoe that will be stored outside. Has anyone found a spray-on protective compound for exposed hydraulic cylinder rods that does not require removal before next use of the equipment?

I am looking for something to use that is easier and less messy than painting a heavy grease on the rods.

Vernon
 
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I think most folks unfold boom so that there is just a little cyl. rod exposed. Extend out and lay on ground, out riggers up, etc., bucket curled up, loader on ground. Grease on rods sounds kind of messy. I guess it would be a good idea if you live near coast/saltwater. Just my .02 cents.
 
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Fluid Film, or spray on a mixture of deisel fuel and oil.
 
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Birdhunter1 said:
Fluid Film, or spray on a mixture of deisel fuel and oil.

Diesel mix is way to thin.. will leach off into the environment in no time. Lotsa better ways to do it without being an accidental eco-terrorist.

At the low end of my list would be a very tacky 'open chain' spray grease, made for open gears and chains..like big chains.

Not the best.. but the more full bodied it is, the less it will migrate.

At the top of my list would be a food grade grease.. a small tube or tub and a paint brush would only take seconds to hit any exposed rod. The seal up the tub/container and use a ziplock or old tupperware for the brush..e tc.


Soundguy
 
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Could spray down with wd-40 or some product like it and cover with a tarp and rope.
 
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I would use a wire rope lubricant. It's made to lubricate and protect metal from moisture. Starts out thin for easy spraying and when the carrier fluid evaporates it leaves a solid film to protect.

You could also use the type of coating they use on new tooling and gears. The kind you have to peal off like you find on new drill bits and other industrial tooling when it's new. It is heated and the item is either diped in it or sprayed with it. Once it cools it leaves a hard almost plastic like coating on the surface. When ready to use you just peel it off. You could probobly heat it in a pan and brush it on with a cheap paint brush. It can be bought from suppliers like MSC, McMaster Carr and Granger.
 
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greenedeere said:
Could spray down with wd-40 or some product like it and cover with a tarp and rope.

Wd-40? You might as well paint some naptha onit.

Wd-40 has a hald life shorter than some of those long named new fangled elements that don't naturally occour, but that our scientists can make in a lab setting, and then they decay before you know what happens.

Soundguy
 
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Any of those things stuff you don't want ending up in your cylinder? Aside from the plastic-like coating, obviously...
 

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