Cosmoline is an oil and parrafin (wax) blend, just like (some of) you used to use to treat cycle chains...melt a bar or two of parrafin in a coffee can and mix in an equal amount of 30 weight motor oil. ugh. But it WILL prevent oxidation on both ferrous and non-ferrous metal surfaces. Depending how you mix it, it may stink, and depending on how you mix it it may not set up hard or be easy to apply a thin, uniform, cosmetically inoffensive layer. Why not store things in an low humidity setting?
Dale Phelps, Longmont CO
Dale B. Phelps, 303 939 6967
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