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Title: Rust on broadheads?
Post by: DTS on October 01, 2007, 02:09:00 PM
STOS broadheads have been put up for three weeks.  Pulled them out to touch them up for this next weekend and found them rusting.  I have tried some fine sandpaper with some wd-40 which has helped alot but not enough.  Obviously I am going to have to put a new edge on them when I get the rust off so how about using a wire wheel?  Any advice is appreciated.  God bless.  DT
Title: Re: Rust on broadheads?
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 01, 2007, 02:46:00 PM
I use a wire brush, then resharpen them... then you can put vaseline on them to help keep the rust from coming back.
Title: Re: Rust on broadheads?
Post by: Bjorn on October 01, 2007, 02:48:00 PM
Maybe they were in a dampish area or no ventilation. That sounds like a bit of surface rust; the sharpening process is going to get rid of any rust in the important areas. I use some chap stick or vaseline on the edges when I'm done.
Title: Re: Rust on broadheads?
Post by: Jeff Strubberg on October 01, 2007, 03:12:00 PM
Chap Stick.  Forgot who came up with that, might have been TooShort.
Title: Re: Rust on broadheads?
Post by: slayer1 on October 01, 2007, 04:08:00 PM
String wax works good too!
Title: Re: Rust on broadheads?
Post by: Roadkill on October 01, 2007, 04:34:00 PM
second chapsstick-use d it daily when I lived the 80's in AK.
Title: Re: Rust on broadheads?
Post by: Strutter on October 01, 2007, 06:34:00 PM
Use a black permanent marker to go over the sharpened edges.  Sounds crazy but the little bit of ink will keep the rust off.
Title: Re: Rust on broadheads?
Post by: Biggie Hoffman on October 01, 2007, 08:27:00 PM
Jeff...TooShort copies everything from me...I told him to use chapstick so's he would quit cutting his fingers applying vaseline

:-0
Title: Re: Rust on broadheads?
Post by: GAstumpshooter on October 01, 2007, 09:29:00 PM
cooking oil spray works good
Title: Re: Rust on broadheads?
Post by: DTS on October 01, 2007, 11:51:00 PM
Awesome y'all, tradgang to the rescue.  Thanks millions and God bless each one.