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I tried the paste wax in my uncontrolled work shop and still got rust. I lived in Houston Texas which is about 50 miles from the coast so it is hot and humid in the summer and cold and humid in the winter.
I discovered a product called TopSaver which I get from Amazon. It removes surface rust but more importantly it prevents it. You wipe it on and then wipe off the excess. You can use those 3M non woven green and red pads to remove rust or general funk from your cast iron and it is protected.
Like someone above I cover my machines with clearance table cloths from Bed Bath and Beyond. Only use cotton table cloths so it can breath. The main benefit I get from the table cloth is my shop door is open all day and bugs fly in. Then when I shut the door they buzz around until they die and crash and burn on top of my cast iron. Many larger bugs cause black spots on your cast iron from the moisture in their bodies. An added benefit of the table cloths is spiders do not build webs above my cast iron and spit out their dead victims on my cast iron.
On my bandsaw I got one of those magnetic pads that is like a giant refrigerator magnet. The pad is flexible and I cut a slot so I put the pad around the blade. The magnetic property of the pad keeps the air and humidity out. I still put TopSaver on the cast iron but when I use the saw it is always just like I left it last time it was used.
So the TopSaver I use has been around about 15 years and works great for me. I tried Boeshield and some others with frogs and such but the TopSaver has worked best.
I discovered a product called TopSaver which I get from Amazon. It removes surface rust but more importantly it prevents it. You wipe it on and then wipe off the excess. You can use those 3M non woven green and red pads to remove rust or general funk from your cast iron and it is protected.
Like someone above I cover my machines with clearance table cloths from Bed Bath and Beyond. Only use cotton table cloths so it can breath. The main benefit I get from the table cloth is my shop door is open all day and bugs fly in. Then when I shut the door they buzz around until they die and crash and burn on top of my cast iron. Many larger bugs cause black spots on your cast iron from the moisture in their bodies. An added benefit of the table cloths is spiders do not build webs above my cast iron and spit out their dead victims on my cast iron.
On my bandsaw I got one of those magnetic pads that is like a giant refrigerator magnet. The pad is flexible and I cut a slot so I put the pad around the blade. The magnetic property of the pad keeps the air and humidity out. I still put TopSaver on the cast iron but when I use the saw it is always just like I left it last time it was used.
So the TopSaver I use has been around about 15 years and works great for me. I tried Boeshield and some others with frogs and such but the TopSaver has worked best.
