Uhhhh....parts not rusting?

Redoing "everything" on my 69 Barracuda. The brakes...well, Most parts are painted with Eastwoods brake grey. Other parts like the adjuster I have put in my bead blaster and cleaned so pretty...bare metal.
The problem is as many of you know that brake fluid "eats" metal.
My thought was to give the bare metal parts a good long soaking in oil (in this case 40 weight) then wipe them off and put it together.
Will this help to prevent rust? Any thought or comments are greatly appricated.
Thanks...Lug.

Well, I hear you on that one. I hate painting parts where the paint will wear or melt off quickly making your blasting and painting null quickly.

I have used Caswell's metal blackening kit which is basically: blast part, decrease part, soak in a solution to blacken it, rinse, dry, then soak in oil for a while to oil it.
My blackened parts still surface rust a little if I leave them out in the rain so not much protection.
I followed the instructions to a T but cold blackening is not a very heavy duty protection. I would say it is marginally better than blasting and soaking in oil. It aint like real blackening.

Attached is a before and after tumbling and cold blackening some old washers and bolts and crap I found in a dirt pile.

Then attached is a Mopar bolt I sand blasted and blackened which has not rusted in a year but it is inside my shop out of the weather.

So then I was considering this option :

Hot electro-less nickel plating.


http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/electroless.htm

Appears all that is required is a little hot plate for the shop and probably some ventilation. Someone will probably chime in about fumes and dangers and disposal and hazards and other reasons to be afraid and not do what a person wants to do...

Also here is my thread on my vibe tumbler and blackening parts that I did. It may be useful to you..

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=138012

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Thanks....will ponder this more tomorrow. Again thanks...Love your quote

Roger that!
You are welcome

brake fluidd isn't supposed to rust springs and things. If it isn't confined to the wheel cylinder you have bigger problems. Any oil or grease on the brake hardware will collect linning dust and conflict with the operation of some parts ( adjusters ). Not to mention the clean up that would be required when renewing the linnings.

I thought that glycol based brake fluid absorbs water and that's why it rusts things...a number of online sites say that silicone based fluid does not absorb water, but there is some conflicting info out there ...confused...

Any update on what you did to thwart rust of your brake hardware inside your drums??

I am seriously considering: http://www.caswellplating.com/electroplating-anodizing/zinc-plating-kits.html

Copycad zinc and I am getting the blue and black chromate. Then I can do bolts and also items that need a bright silver-blue finish too.

Nevermind, pointless post. :burnout:

Lugnutty was banned last year.

Yea. That's great. I've been talking to a ghost. Thx.

rice nuker said:

yea. That's great. I've been talking to a ghost. Thx.

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lol

Trust the mental MD,Lugnut earned it......