prevent rust on dolly's using oil and heat

I read somewhere that you could prevent your dolly's from rusting by soaking them in oil and heating them in an oven a couple of times, but can't find it again. Does anyone know anything about it??
Thanks
Reid

 

What kind of dolly are you talking about?

 

Well, it's somewhat off topic, but that does provide some added protection for guns and other blued steel. As I understand it, the heat opens the pores in the bluing and thins the oil. The oil gets drawn into the pores and is then trapped when the metal cools down. It fills the microscopic spaces in the bluing and helps repel water. So I guess it would work if you blued the metal first .

 

warm them up first, then oil that way your wife wont kick you in the nuts for making the next birthday cake taste like 10w30.

 

I find that using them keeps them from rusting.

 

Yep, that's my method too. I try not to work on cars under water either. I've seen English Wheel wheels that are rusty in other people's shops too....... hmmm, mine aren't.

 

A great tip from the kitchen. Sounds like the same think you do to new cast iron pots and steel woks. It's called 'seasoning'. You coat it with oil and put it in a 350 degree oven until it smokes out your house and the neighbors call 911.

The pot won't rust anymore. Guaranteed.

 

Love the comedians!!! Seriously, I'm talking about auto body dollies the kind you use to remove dents etc. I saw something about soaking them, heating, letting cool down and doing again, but can't remember the times, etc. l've spent hours looking for it but can't find it.

Reid

 

Seems to me the oil might transfer and get hammered into any metal you worked with the oiled dolly making it not take paint well afterwards.
Think I'll pass.

 

Seems like it would be better to store them in a drier place. Maybe inside a large tupperwear box with some of those silicon packs if needed. ...just a thought

 

I've got dolly's that are over 40 years old and no rust.
The trick is

Use them !!!!!

 

I put my sister Dolly in the oven once and it melted? Boy did I get in trouble!

 

I was actually being serious, but in a funny way. It's true that it smokes like a bastard, but it really works. Use canola oil.

 

Quality dollies are too dense to absorb oil - imo - i keep on top of mine with spray cosmoline. I am in a very humid area and it is a problem.

 

I was kind of thinking the same thing and I try to never agree with you.

The process is called oil treating or oiling or browning. They used to do it to gun barrels believe it or not, slightly heating then wiping with oil. You don't heat it up red hot just hot enough for the oil to smoke slightly when applying around 250-300 degrees.

But anything to do with oil you do not do to autobody tools. The word fish eye comes to mind.

 

Agreed, Pork-n-Beaner. No glance for Fisheye...

Cooking oil is NOT the first choice. Bacon grease is. (ask any old machinist!) Seasoning procedure is the same: warm at 350 degrees F., then imerse item in bacon grease.

A higher temp operation is available if you use Sesame seed oil. (I use it for Oriental cooking) It works on tools, too. Rust is a thing of the past.
Tooling has a fragrance not unlike Chop Suey...