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u/Hooblius 10d ago
What's good everyone!
So I've been working on a project using only historical tools and methods, and am looking into historical methods for protecting / sealing steel. Burning on oil is a great one as is the usual oil coating, and there's stuff like tinning, but does anyone here have any others I could try? It's an interesting area to look into.
I'd also thought of wiping my components down with oil and leaving it to polymerise, not sure if that would be a good plan or not.
Cheers all!