So, since I am living in a country with lots of anow and salt, rust has always been an issue for me. I started researching how to rustproof the bolts, because there is nothing worse than a rust-welded grade 10.9 bolt that had its head snapped lol.

All steel bolt rust proofing methods I’ve seen are based on creating a layer between the steel and oxygen. But the way the layer is made varies wildly:

  1. Oxide based coat
  2. Carbon based coat
  3. Metal based coat
  4. Oil based coat
  5. Paint based coat

For example there is a technique that is called “Oil Burn” where you get the bolt red hot and dip it into motor oil. There are various issues with this technique, which I will explain in a later post.

With your suggestions I will make a spreadsheet with various pros and cons listed and will share with the community.

As to prove I am serious about this, here are my current experiments: Before:

After:

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  • hollunder
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    1 year ago

    My father in law showed me that a bit of copper paste applied to the threading of the bolts everytime you change the wheels keeps most of the rust out. We change 2x a year. Never had rust locked bolt since I use this method.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, it’s an effective anti-seize method. There are multiple cons with it due to it being somewhat messy to apply and needing to reapply it after unbolting. Also it protects the threads from rust/seize but not the head

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        1 year ago

        Yeah you are correct it isn’t a longtime solution but a quick fix and only protects the threading. But I never had a head rust to unusability. A small brush to apply keeps the mess very controllable.

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          1 year ago

          It’s not that it becomes unusable, but greatly increases the chances of it being rounded off or making the fitment of the tool difficult, requiring quite a bit of cleaning with a brush