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Rust, preventing and cleaning
Aiden of Oreland:
Well now I know what I am doing when I get a helmet :) Man, armor maintenance is rough and time consuming! A lot for a beginner like me to remember! Is it possible to have a step by step list out on all this stuff? I would find that most useful! One for mail armor and the other on sword and plate. Because to be honest I don't really know what to do and would feel more comfortable with instructions. This is my personal opinion, most of you may read something or be better at putting stuff together.
Ian:
--- Quote from: Sir Aiden on 2014-04-10, 20:21:44 ---Well now I know what I am doing when I get a helmet :) Man, armor maintenance is rough and time consuming! A lot for a beginner like me to remember! Is it possible to have a step by step list out on all this stuff? I would find that most useful! One for mail armor and the other on sword and plate. Because to be honest I don't really know what to do and would feel more comfortable with instructions. This is my personal opinion, most of you may read something or be better at putting stuff together.
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Don't make it too complicated.
All I do to maintain all of my armor and swords and axes and daggers etc is this...
After I use it I wipe off any dirt or debris with a rag. Then I put some BreakFree CLP (it's a firearm lubricant / solvent) on the armor directly and rub it gently with a gray scotch-brite pad. Then I rub it again with a sock with some more oil on it to leave a very thin layer of oil. Leave the oil on it, and put it away until next time.
The oil will thicken in to a nice film that protects your armor/sword/blade/axe/dagger blah blah until next use.
If there's some rust on the inside of armor I do the same thing I do to the outside. No paint, no bed liners, no turtle wax, no nothin'... just gun oil, fine grit scouring pad, and a rag. Haven't had any issues in years.
I cleaned my entire kit, 3 swords, a dagger, and a poleaxe on Monday after the Order's function in DC and it took about 30 minutes total to do everything, and I won't have to do an ounce of maintenance again until I use it again at MTT.
BTW, I leave my helmet and gauntlets out on a bookshelf displayed, and they don't get any rust on them even after sitting in the open for months on end.
Aiden of Oreland:
--- Quote from: Ian on 2014-04-10, 21:37:14 ---
--- Quote from: Sir Aiden on 2014-04-10, 20:21:44 ---Well now I know what I am doing when I get a helmet :) Man, armor maintenance is rough and time consuming! A lot for a beginner like me to remember! Is it possible to have a step by step list out on all this stuff? I would find that most useful! One for mail armor and the other on sword and plate. Because to be honest I don't really know what to do and would feel more comfortable with instructions. This is my personal opinion, most of you may read something or be better at putting stuff together.
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Don't make it too complicated.
All I do to maintain all of my armor and swords and axes and daggers etc is this...
After I use it I wipe off any dirt or debris with a rag. Then I put some BreakFree CLP (it's a firearm lubricant / solvent) on the armor directly and rub it gently with a gray scotch-brite pad. Then I rub it again with a sock with some more oil on it to leave a very thin layer of oil. Leave the oil on it, and put it away until next time.
The oil will thicken in to a nice film that protects your armor/sword/blade/axe/dagger blah blah until next use.
If there's some rust on the inside of armor I do the same thing I do to the outside. No paint, no bed liners, no turtle wax, no nothin'... just gun oil, fine grit scouring pad, and a rag. Haven't had any issues in years.
I cleaned my entire kit, 3 swords, a dagger, and a poleaxe on Monday after the Order's function in DC and it took about 30 minutes total to do everything, and I won't have to do an ounce of maintenance again until I use it again at MTT.
BTW, I leave my helmet and gauntlets out on a bookshelf displayed, and they don't get any rust on them even after sitting in the open for months on end.
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Simple yet effective :) Thank you Sir Ian for that, my mind is now organized and I think I'll have an easier time now. Though I have the feeling that in a few years I'll be doing this to other peoples armor once I'm squire...
Mike W.:
Believe me, they aren't going to wait. They'll have you do it as a Page.
Sir Edward:
You see, Sir Ian is smart and proactive. Don't be like me, and forget to clean things until months after use, and by then everything is rusty. And once the rust sets in, it comes back quicker and harder the next time.
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