Need advise on storing refurbed parts

[jimbo99]

I'm in the process of getting some parts replated, looking for advice on what the best way to store them is, to protect them from humidity an such until I use them. I don't have access to a temperature or humidty controlled storage area, just garage shelves. :classic:

Thanks,

Jim

1974 260Z - RLS30-020697 (01/74)

[MikeW]

Which parts? Perhaps you could put them in a sealed plastic container with some desiccant.

[LanceM]

Under your bed...

[webdawg1]

Various size ziplock bags. (At least for the smaller parts anyway) Keeps them clean...etc...etc. Seems to work pretty good for me..... Bag them and tag them...you can also break the parts down into related groups per the microfiche for better tracking....(I.E. - These parts get repainted, these parts get replated, these parts get powder coated, these parts are done...etc...etc)

webdawg1

[26th-Z]

zip lock bags only last a couple of years before the plastic falls apart. wipe your parts down with oil, wrap them in paper and put them away in a box.

[jimbo99]

Thanks for the tips all are very good, storing all kinds of parts a rubber hoses refinished air cleaner, smog pump, intake and exhaust manifolds, and replated brackets oh ya, electrical relays, wiring harness.

I'll probably combine them all in one fashion or another, tried under the bed but, kept hitting my toes at nite. I was thinking of using brown paper with some oil, like the old oil paper, do you think it will harm plated or painted surfaces?

Thanks again, keep em coming.

Jim

[mlc240z]

i use plastic bins (Rubbermaid etc.).

you can pick them up in a variety of sizes, they are reasonably priced, they stack, and they seal fairly well. not airtight unfortunately, but enough to keep the dust and varmints out.

ziploc bags inside plastic shoebox size to contain smaller parts, then stack inside a larger bin.

[hls30.com]

For small raw or plated steel parts, Ziplocks and cosmoline-but put plastic parts in loose paper-some plastics will react to other plastics-and I don't want to find out I had a chemistry problem two years after the fact! Oil on chrome plate is not an issue, but some paints will discolor from prolonged oil exposure. Wax the painted parts.

Will

[cremmenga]

I just talked to a machinist the other day about things like this, mainly my engine block but also smaller metal parts. He said Oil it up good if it has to sit out side. But if it is in a temperature controled place like a basement or other room in your house it would be fine, or if your garage has heat and a/c, you would not even have to oil them up. And he warned me about sealing them up in plastic, that it could actually be worse doing that b/c it can trap the moisture in it. For me since my engine block has to sit outside, bc it is at my parents house and I doubt my mom would let me keep it in side, I have to keep it in the garage, he told me to put a light coating of oil over it all and then put the plastic engine bag over it, not seal it up bc of moister but just place it over it to stop dust from building up on it.