[Fot] Advice on Silverstones

[Bill Babcock]

I'd only use them if you really enjoy surprises.

I'd bag them with some desiccant, and perhaps give them a nice coating  
of the clear coat that they use for protecting travel trailers. It's  
pretty good protection, but a lot of solvents will take it right off.  
I bet the eastwood stuff is the same thing with a bigger price tag and  
a smaller can.

Magnesium, and magnesium aluminum alloys do a pretty good job of  
corroding no matter what you do.

On Feb 2, 2008, at 10:38 AM, DSPGTi at aol.com wrote:

> I have an original set of American Racing, magnesium Silverstones on  
> my  TR4.
> Up till now, I have only used them in short hillcmibs and have never  
> driven
> the car over 80%. Since I will be Vintage Road racing with the car,  
> I'm sure
> it's not a good idea to continue with the Silverstones. They are in  
> very good
> shape and I inspect them often for cracks, but I think most of you  
> would
> advise  against it, right?
>
> So, if I put them in long time storage, should I consider coating  
> them with
> some kind of protection? They will be stored under cover but not in  
> anything
> environmentally controlled. It is often damp in our warehouse and  
> the air here
> in New Jersey is a little corrosive being only 20 miles from the  
> ocean.
> Eastwood  has the corrosion protection in a spray can that is just  
> like some
> material that  we used in the Navy for aircraft component  
> protection. I use that on
> steel  machined parts and it is easy to get off with solvent.
>
> Any advise or experience you could share with me?
>
> Dave Y.
>
>
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