Have a 4 month old Ridgid TS3650 table saw and have used all the popular materials for keeping off rust: Boeshield, Top Coat and paste wax. Up here in Maine we do get very humid weather and I use the saw only occasionally, i.e. twice a month. It stayed rust-free for the first month when I hadn’t used any rust protection. Got some Boeshield, applied it as directed (I believe) and next week rust appeared. Cleaned off it off with WD40 and 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper. Changed to Top Coat and rust was back in a week, but more than before. WD40 again and sanding and then tried some Butcher’s wax. Another week and the rust is back.
Either something is wrong with the cast iron top or I’m applying the materials incorrectly or my expectation of an idle saw remaining relatively rust-free is wrong. BTW, spoke with Ridgid and they said some saws have ‘chronic’ rust problems no matter what you do and are willing to swap out the saw for a new one. I thought I’d try one more time to solve it before I try to move all 280 pounds!
What is your experience, advice, comments. Thanks…english
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The humidity has been something else up here lately. I'm surprised the products you used didn't help. Keeping saw dust off the table is important since that will absorb moisture. I've been running fans in my shop to keep the air moving.
Some steel is more prone to rust, the info from Ridgid would indicate there may have been a problem in their mix. The temperature of the steel top may be right at the condensation point, my concrete floor is sweating. Try the fan until these conditions change, it's worked well for me this last month.
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