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SO I am stationed in Florida about a mile from the ocean and naturally it stays very humid. I am having trouble fighting rust on my dillon 550b and wondered if anyone has any suggestions on preventing/removing rust. I have been using CLP and patches to remove the surface rust.

AFJailor wrote:SO I am stationed in Florida about a mile from the ocean and naturally it stays very humid. I am having trouble fighting rust on my dillon 550b and wondered if anyone has any suggestions on preventing/removing rust. I have been using CLP and patches to remove the surface rust.

WD-40 and fine steel wool. Wipe down with a good cleaner then coat with Rem Oil.

Blue Wonder takes off surface rust and you don't need steel wool. Just put it on and wait a few minutes and wipe it down.

Rem Oil should do an excellent job at preventing future rust issues.

Go to your local grocery store and get a can of ZUD.. water based. Will attack rust but will not harm bluing of firearms. have used it for years. Then coat the press with TrI-FLow or some teflon- based product. I live in east texas north of Houston on Lake Livingston and this is what I use. It works!

I live on Padre Island...salt water both east and west of my garage. The best thing I have found to keep the rust down on things like press castings is a heavy rust inhibiting spray like Corrosion X-HD or LPS-3. Both are messy because they leave a heavy film, but dang they work! Anywhere that gets touched will have the coating worn right off, but all the places you can't get to or never touch will stay rust free for many years indoors. A light spray of LPS-2 or a similar light oil over dies when I put them back in the box keeps them pretty rust free as well.

I wish I had a good answer for the tools on my peg board though...

CDH wrote:
I wish I had a good answer for the tools on my peg board though...

Try T-9 Boeshield

The local Sears tool department should have some. Great stuff, and it's a light ,dry film.

Flitz steel polish (originally sold in restaurant supply stores; but now marketed to many gun shops) is a fantastic rust remover, but be VERY careful as it can also remove older bluing if used aggressively (with steel wool etc.). Just a little goes a long way. I've had the same tube for 10 years. http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?p ... ber=578206" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Birchwood Casey makes a "Rust Preventative" that I used for years in humid south Texas climates. It works well. But just a lot of quality gun oil works well too. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/23460-1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Storing in containers with dessicant packs and/or those plug in dessicant units (Remington makes one) will help. Be sure you get something you can re-use.
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A lot of photography stores sell dessicant packs that can be reactivated by placing in an oven. Pelican - makers of those tough synthetic cases - makes a good re-heatable dessicant pack I've used with photo equipment for years. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/2 ... a_Gel.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Don't have enough experience with this yet, but an LEO friend of mine strongly recommended "Militec" lubricant for all firearms use. It's claim to fame is that it will provide a protectant layer that dries into the metal itself, thus leaving gun components dry but protected and minimizing dirt and grime that can be attracted by excess gun oil or CLP. Manufacturer claims this stuff is being used with great results in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan and is even lobbying rather aggressively for the Pentagon to scrap CLP as the "standard" for desert warfare use and adopt Militec instead. I bought a bottle and have used it now on a few rifles, but not enough time to know if it is "better". It does seem to dry up and so far I have not seen any rust. http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ ... 643&st=&s=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I use Militec on all my firearms and on the machine guns at work its the best lube I have ever used bar none especially for the Ar-15.

I've had pretty good luck with Sentry Solutions Tuf-Cloth

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Several years ago I read a report on a Salt Spray test of various Rust Preventative products. This was a "real" test conducted in a real lab. It was gun oriented but I cannot remember the source, I just remember it was a legitimate article. 5 or 6 rust preventative only products were selected, and at the last minute they decided to add Breakfree CLP to the test group. Breakfree outlasted all others in preventing rust.

Since then I had depended on Breakfree to protect my metal toys from rust.

Interesting article here: http://www.boeshield.com/article.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. While it's meant to show how good Boeshield is (a good product - I use on my table saw and planer to prevent rust), looks like Pachmayr Rust Preventative comes out on top. But I don't think that's available anymore.

AFJailor wrote:SO I am stationed in Florida about a mile from the ocean and naturally it stays very humid. I am having trouble fighting rust on my dillon 550b and wondered if anyone has any suggestions on preventing/removing rust. I have been using CLP and patches to remove the surface rust.

I don't want to hijack the thread...but is there a good diagram out there with the lube points indicated for the 550b?

here is a good comparison on the effectiveness of various rust / corrosion protection products

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charles wrote:here is a good comparison on the effectiveness of various rust / corrosion protection products

http://www.6mmbr.com/corrosiontest.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

thanks for the link ... militec didn't do too well in that last test, but CLP does alright