Thread: Rust - What am I doing wrong?

Ive found small rechargeable dehumidifiers from Mitre 10, on special atm for $20. Fit in the safe easily...plug in to recharge, works great

Originally Posted by dirtyhabit

Ive found small rechargeable dehumidifiers from Mitre 10, on special atm for $20. Fit in the safe easily...plug in to recharge, works great

We use one of these in the bedroom on the window sill. I have been meaning to get one for my tools etc. They seem to work very well.

I put a " Lockdown gun safe dehumidifier" into mine.
Only about 20 watts of heat and it drives out all the moisture.
Only about $50 and a few gun shops have them.
End of problem for good.

Also I use Ezox on all my firearms.
There are some pretty good reviews comparing Eezox to some other popular brands and it spanked them all.

I use several of the mitre 10 rechargeable dehumidifiers. These are basically the same as the Remington ones but a fraction of the price
It sounds like you have a humidity problem which compounded with the use of innox won't Hellas it's a very "light" oil and is not meant for firearm storage
I make up "eds red" and add some lanolin for extra rust protection.
Not only is it a good carbon remover it also proves to be excellent for long term storage when you add some lanolin
My recipes is
1 part ATF dextron3 automatic transmission fluid
1 part low odour kerosene
1 part turps

You can also add acetone but it eats plastic and varnish so I leave it out
For long term preservative add lanox or lanolin as required

The other long term preservative if you can't stop the rusting would be "barricade" or lee Allox bullet lube diluted with mineral turps as Allox is basically cosmoline as used by the military for rust prevention. However you would need to wipe it off before use using turps or thinners

Good luck combating the moisture!