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I recently started using the flood coolant system on my lathe again to speed up some parts I was making. Without the coolant I was having to wait too long for the part to cool down (bearing fits). My last use of flood coolant was a disaster. I tried lps aqua cut. I left the lathe sitting over the weekend without cleaning up. It said it was supposed to have anti-rust properties. Monday when I went back to work the pile of chips on my cross slide had started rusting. After a few choice words and a bunch of elbow grease I got everything cleaned up, cleaned the sump out and just went back to my acid brush and oil. This time after consulting several forums I decided to give trim microsol 585xt a try. It seems to leave an oily film on everything. So far so good but I am still giving the lathe a good cleaning and re oil everything ever evening before I head home. With a good coolant like the trimsol how much do you need to clean and dry your machine every night. The coolant gets everywhere, it even starts to get past the wipers and get under the slides. What do you guys who use flood coolant on a regular basis do? Do you thoroughly clean the machine everyday?
Hello, my name is Brian and I'm a toolaholic!
Hello, my name is Brian and I'm a toolaholic!