Rusty wheel nuts & studs

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Anaconda

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• Today at 13:19

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Ok this might sound a bit silly to some but here we go anyway.
I would like to stop the new steel wheel nuts and extended studs rusting, what can I spray on them to help keep the orange stuff at bay.
I am hoping someone will say WD40 dry PTFE spray as I have loads of that!

 

meego

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• Today at 13:36

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Anaconda said:

Ok this might sound a bit silly to some but here we go anyway.
I would like to stop the new steel wheel nuts and extended studs rusting, what can I spray on them to help keep the orange stuff at bay.
I am hoping someone will say WD40 dry PTFE spray as I have loads of that!

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It’s a difficult one eh. Paint them and it comes off with socket. Coat them with something and it washes off in the wet. I’ve gave them a coat of Vaseline before and it lasts a bit, but it needs redoing regularly.

 

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Hicap phill

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• Today at 18:08

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Bike chain dry lube.(grey bottle from halfrauds)Comes in liquid form stops my chain getting rusty during mountain biking in the winter so should work on other things.
Also Use it on the horse ramp hinges.

 

the_wolf

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• Today at 22:15

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Copper grease the studs, that stuff will stay on forever. PTFE the nuts