When I went into my workshop in my garage - an unheated, uncooled building, it was very muggy this morning. The humidity has to be through the roof. The first cut I made on my table saw did not feel right: the wood was kind of dragging on the table. When I completed the cut, there was some brown gunk on the bottom of the piece. After scratching my head a moment, I realized it was some sawdust, moisture, and rust beginning to form on the table! I use GlideCoat regularly, and try to protect the metal surfaces, but this humidity is something else.
I quickly went over all my cast iron surfaces on the saw, jointer, band saw, etc, with CRC 3-36 and a fine grit abrasive bar (the rubbery blocks that Klingspor sells) and that has stopped the rust.
You might want to take a quick look at your equipment this morning if you are experiencing the high humidity that we have here in Cary, and you have an unheated/uncooled shop space.
I quickly went over all my cast iron surfaces on the saw, jointer, band saw, etc, with CRC 3-36 and a fine grit abrasive bar (the rubbery blocks that Klingspor sells) and that has stopped the rust.
You might want to take a quick look at your equipment this morning if you are experiencing the high humidity that we have here in Cary, and you have an unheated/uncooled shop space.