Firearm Rust/Corrosion Prevention??

[dandyrandy]

Whats your thoughts on mini dehumidifiers? Remington makes a small one that uses desiccant gels that can be recharged in an electrical outlet. Im using a Homelabs mini plug in dehumidifier right now. What are you using???

 

[Fishinfool]

Whats your thoughts on mini dehumidifiers? Remington makes a small one that uses desiccant gels that can be recharged in an electrical outlet. Im using a Homelabs mini plug in dehumidifier right now. What are you using???

One of my safes have no good options for running power to the inside, so I use one of the Remington brand rechargeable "dehumidifiers" in it, along with Birchwood Casey Barricade applied to the firearms. No rusting issues at all, and this safe is in a basement with high humidity. The rechargeable desiccant device seems to need re-charging (based on the color chart) about once a month.

Larry

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I have probably posted this several times. I doubt that it is the only correct answer, but I believe that it is one correct answer. I was once stationed in Norfolk VA, which has cold wet winters and hot wet summers. Most or all of my firearms were stored for several years in a non-climate-controlled storage facility. Everything I stored was smeared manually with RIG, and deposited in a plastic bag so that the RIG would not damage the foam rubber or whatever else the firearm was stored in.

After several years, I was transferred to Key West FL. Not one firearm suffered any corrosion whatsoever.

Draw your own conclusions.

 

[sar4937]

I bought some containers of desiccant at Cabela's years ago, they have a clear lid and the beads change color when fully hydrated. At that point you bake them in the oven and it dries them out. I do have a small dehumidifier in the gun room, I live on a lake.

 

[dandyrandy]

I have probably posted this several times. I doubt that it is the only correct answer, but I believe that it is one correct answer. I was once stationed in Norfolk VA, which has cold wet winters and hot wet summers. Most or all of my firearms were stored for several years in a non-climate-controlled storage facility. Everything I stored was smeared manually with RIG, and deposited in a plastic bag so that the RIG would not damage the foam rubber or whatever else the firearm was stored in.

After several years, I was transferred to Key West FL. Not one firearm suffered any corrosion whatsoever.

Draw your own conclusions.

Isnt RIG the same as any other gun grease? Its pretty much cosmoline right? Thats funny you mention gun grease because its done the worst so far in my little lube experiment.

 

[sar4937]

If you store your guns in a fish tank, proceed with those results. Cosmoline is pretty nasty stuff, I let a friend clean an AK he bought, in my solvent tank and had to have the solvent replaced. I think Rig is a pretty pure lube, easily removed and reapplied. I like lubes that are easily cleaned off, there are some like Slide-Glide that even Gun scrubber won't flush away. I like it to be easy, and convenient otherwise it gets put off. That's where the problems start.