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That's surprising and inexpensive.
Silicone paste/lubricant is a good water dispersant. Could you add that to your trials?
 
I'll have to look around in the garage, and see if I have anything like that. Natural bees wax is also something I'd like to try. As far as cost per ounce, frog lube comes out on top. Burts bees is handy, and something I normally have with me. You don't need much of either. I wiped them off only leaving the thinest coat possible. You're not going to want something that collects dirt. I'm thinking of a way to test that, and see if I can tell any difference. None of this is scientific, but I tried to be as consistent as I could.

I was surprised some of the oils didn't do better, from some of the other tests I've seen. It didn't seem to take much for it to wash off.

For now, I've found two food safe options that work well.
 
Off to round number 4. I added bow string wax, petroleum jelly, and crisco. I also followed the frog lube instructions this time and heated the metal up with a heat gun before I applied anything. I used the same procedure for all, then wiped the excess off. In the tests before I hit it with the heat gun after I applied em. I wouldn't think it would make a difference, but who knows.
 
Three days in. It's been dry, so I've just given them a light spay of water in the morning and evening. They all looked ok this morning, with some light spotting on the coconut oil. We had storms this afternoon, and humidity is terrible. Frog lube, Burts bees, and crisco are all looking great, with the bow string wax coming in 4th.
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Day 5. More rain last night. Burts bees is starting to fail. Frog lube, and crisco are both showing some water spots. I cleaned em off with a paper towel after I took this pic, and they look good. Burts bees also cleaned up some, but clearly in third place now.

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I'm an avid user of Burt's Bee's on my mouth. Never has rusted in all the years I've used it:p. Mightnhave to try it on the hunting knives this fall

Seriously, one of the active ingredients of Burt's Bees is bees wax. A person can purchase bees wax blocks, and apply to to blade steel similar to the instructions from Frog Lube. There are aerosol bees wax sprays, too. And don't forget Obenauf's.
 
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docflash said:
Project Farm on YouTube compared CLP (clean, lube, protect) products in this vid:

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I watched that. I also tried break free CLP, and Hoppes #9 oil. I haven't had any oil hold up after being exposed to rain. I think they're just getting washed off.
 
Barry H said:
I'm an avid user of Burt's Bee's on my mouth. Never has rusted in all the years I've used it:p. Mightnhave to try it on the hunting knives this fall

Seriously, one of the active ingredients of Burt's Bees is bees wax. A person can purchase bees wax blocks, and apply to to blade steel similar to the instructions from Frog Lube. There are aerosol bees wax sprays, too. And don't forget Obenauf's.
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I'd be interested to see how regular bees wax help up on its own without any of the oils mixed in. I just didn't buy any. Burts bees definitely seems like it will do a decent job.
 
lanolin.com

Industrial Use - LANIS LANOLIN | ImperialOel

Lanolin / wool wax functions and applications in industrial processes and technical applications.
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have you tried lanolin? haven't seen many rusty sheep . . . .🐑🐏🐑🐏
and sheep are pretty waterproof . . . above site has info.

also, i just noticed the first hit on Amazon for a lanolin product is nipple cream. (I Am Not Making This Up! tm Dave Barry).

Imagine this conversation: you're SCUBA diving with a group of folks. Another diver pulls out her dive knife and slices up her apple. You notice the blade says "D2'.
You: "Any corrosion with that steel in this salt water?"
Her: "None. I just use plenty of nipple cream."
You: " . . . . . . . . . .??!?"
 
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Day 7, raining off and on the last 24 hours. The bowstring wax showed some rusting early on, but it really hasn't gotten any worse. A little more spotting on the Burts bees. Crisco looks slightly better than the frog lube at this point. The frog lube does still feel smooth like there's a waxy coating on there. The rest feel like bare metal, take that for what it's worth.

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docflash said:
lanolin.com

Industrial Use - LANIS LANOLIN | ImperialOel

Lanolin / wool wax functions and applications in industrial processes and technical applications.
lanolin.com lanolin.com

have you tried lanolin? haven't seen many rusty sheep . . . .🐑🐏🐑🐏
and sheep are pretty waterproof . . . above site has info.

also, i just noticed the first hit on Amazon for a lanolin product is nipple cream. (I Am Not Making This Up! tm Dave Barry).

Imagine this conversation: you're SCUBA diving with a group of folks. Another diver pulls out her dive knife and slices up her apple. You notice the blade says "D2'.
You: "Any corrosion with that steel in this salt water?"
Her: "None. I just use plenty of nipple cream."
You: " . . . . . . . . . .??!?"
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Having actually purchased and used said "nipple cream,"* it's not really a cream. It's more like extra thick grease. It's for breastfeeding mothers; your average single woman will have just about as much knowledge of it as your average single guy.

*No, not on my own nipples...
 
docflash said:
how was it for rust? 😳😳
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I would assume just fine. I actually made a homebrew longterm rust preventative solution from a few things I had lying around, and used the rest of the tube in it. I've never tried it by itself though. It's basically pure lanolin.
 
After 8 days, I cleaned them off with some wd40 and steel wool to get a better look. I might give the edge to crisco #6, by the smallest amount over frog lube #1. Burts bees #2 and the bow string wax #4 both look about the same to me. I might do this one more time, but I feel safe using frog lube now. If you think outside the box, it looks like you can find other good options too. I was a little surprised how poor some did. I would have bet money Vaseline, and fluid film would have done better, and I've seen oils hold up better in other tests. We've had high humidity with lots of storms throughout the testing. Not a very nice environment to keep steel from rusting.

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I sanded it down again, hit it with degreaser, and tried the top products again. I heated the steel up with my heat gun, and applied everything. Left it sit for a while, and wiped them all off leaving just a thin coating.
1 Crisco
2 Frog Lube
3 Burts Bees
4 Alpha CLP grease...did well in the first test against other products, but I don't think it's still being made???

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After 3 days. We had some very light rain today, but nothing the first couple days. I was just hitting it with a spray bottle in the morning and evening. The bare steel is totally rusted. The rest are all looking ok. I'd give the edge to Alpha CLP, and Burts Bees right now.

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kane22 said:
After 3 days. We had some very light rain today, but nothing the first couple days. I was just hitting it with a spray bottle in the morning and evening. The bare steel is totally rusted. The rest are all looking ok. I'd give the edge to Alpha CLP, and Burts Bees right now.

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Wow - I haven’t checked in on this thread for awhile- you’ve been busy!!

Are you going to do more trials?? If so I’d be very happy to send you some pure tung oil mixed with orange oil solvent (or just straight oil if you prefer) for you to add in the test.

I’m interested to see how a drying oil might hold up, but it might need a couple of days to dry before exposure to moisture for best results.

Anyway just send me a message if you’re interested and I’ll mail you a vial!
 
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