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Just picked up another steel frame and noted the manual says to spray in rust inhibitor once a year. I have previously used gt-85, WD40 and probably some wax-oil on one frame once. But I must confess this job often gets missed.
Is there any particular flavour inhibitor people recommend?
never bothered myself.
I sprayed waxoyl into my inbred frame when I got it (2nd hand) and well over 10 years later it was still completely fine. Haven't bothered doing anything to the p7 I got this year
BTR recommend Ambersil Tool Guard, never used it as my steel bikes have always lived indoors so dry out properly.
I have 2 cans on the shelf in the garage if you want to make me an offer 🙂
Lanogaurd
Dinitrol
If your being posh.
Or just spray grease if your being povo
I used Dinitrol on my old car about 14 years ago. Sills haven't fallen off yet.
J.P. Weigel Frame saver.
https://www.bicyclehero.com/gb/jp-weigle-frame-saver-4-75oz-rust-protection.html
Rust doesn't seem to be much of a problem on my 26yr old steel frame tbh
I use this - comes with a useful lance so you can get into difficult places.
ACF50 is a doddle to use and pretty mess free.
I wouldn't bother. It's changing "standards" that make steel frames unusable, not rust.
Linseed oil. Cheap and easy
I wouldn’t bother. It’s changing “standards” that make steel frames unusable, not rust.
This is sadly exactly what puts me off 'investing' in a frame for life (or for a long time at least). My current non-boost 27.5 frame is impossible to find a new suspension fork for and even wheel hubs were very limiting, and the bike is only 7 years old.
Rsf suspension will put a straight (pr any other type) new steerer on forks. So just buy what you want and send to them. Think it used to be circa £140
Thanks, good to know for future 👍
Buy hope hubs, job jobbed.
Then buy a boost fork and run either the hope or a generic boost kit.
Thanks all. Seems like quite a few options, most of which are very expensive and or difficult to get hold of. A lot of the US made stuff isn't available making me wonder if it's got stuff that isn't legal over here.
I also found out that boeshield T9 is just mineral oil, petrol and a bit of paraffin wax. I've got plenty of all three so I might experiment in the garage!
I used Muc Off HCB1 when I built up my Marino a year or so ago, seems to still be in place when I did a strip down last week 👍