Anti rust dip ?

[Jim]

Hi all

Whilst doing various jobs outside I've had to cut down bolts to shorten them to a more appropriate length. Problem is this leaves a bare steel end open to the elements. Is there anything I can dip the cut end into to stop it rusting ?

Paint isn't really practical as it will clog up the threads, thought about a rust converter but don't know if this would work on bare steel, really looking for something that would give an 'instant plating' effect (in terms of performance not cosmetically)

Cheers

Jim

[R]

Grease

[Pete Cross]

it's good enough for NASA & the MOD ............

they list a UK supplier, I got a can to try and it really is good! we bought a new wooden table for the patio 6mnths back, I sprayed the metal bits and it's left outside without a cover, they still look as new with no sign of rust,well, so far.......it also 'fixed' our creaky floorboards...

Pete

[Andrew Mawson]

floorboards...

Well from a brief scanning of that link, they say it is based on lanolin. The sewers of Bradford used to be the main UK source of lanolin, as the wool industry wash water all went down there and it was extracted. May still be perhaps?

AWEM

[Peter Ashby]

Splash out for stainless steel bolts for outside work. Anything else will rust at some point. I have just avoided the need for a new loo seat due to the screws holding the plastic buffers on rusting and dropping rust on the top of the pan. I had to drill some of them out but the stainless screws I put in instead won't rust. I reckon its not just price that stops companies using them in such situations. Things have to have some built in obsolescence or who will buy new ones? It helped that I had some appropriate A2 screws, now all I have to do is remember to recover them when SWMBO wants a new bathroom suite....

Peter

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Good quality toilet fittings used to be chrome plated brass. Steel won't last five minutes.