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Hello everyone. I have a 460 and a flathead that I need to store in my garage for at least 2 years. All the internals are out of them, just a bare block. How can I store them for an extended period of time without having them rust? Any ideas would be great. Thanks!
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Several options come to mind....
Coat every square inch in wax, grease, or if you can find CPC (MIL-C-85054)
http://www.lhbindustries.com/lhbstor...?itemNo=954000
puts the parts in a cocoon for as long as you need it. Then put it to bed with plastic painter tarp.
Coat every square inch in wax, grease, or if you can find CPC (MIL-C-85054)
http://www.lhbindustries.com/lhbstor...?itemNo=954000
puts the parts in a cocoon for as long as you need it. Then put it to bed with plastic painter tarp.
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Hi psulik1,
What ever you do don't use WD40 on aneything you don't want to rust, it is a water base. You might try the local militarey surplus place and see if they have cosmolean it is the best for long tearm storage I don't know if the CPC that airharley mentoned is the same. Cosmolean is what they perserve guns with for long tearm storage. I have cleand up stuf that had ben in storage since WW1 and still in perfect conditon.
Bill
What ever you do don't use WD40 on aneything you don't want to rust, it is a water base. You might try the local militarey surplus place and see if they have cosmolean it is the best for long tearm storage I don't know if the CPC that airharley mentoned is the same. Cosmolean is what they perserve guns with for long tearm storage. I have cleand up stuf that had ben in storage since WW1 and still in perfect conditon.
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Originally Posted by airharley
Cosmolean and CPC are the same. CPC stands for Corrosion Prevention Compound.
Bill
