Storing your kit

[Geoffrey]

What is the best way to store your kit for long periods of time? I’m thinking I’ll be away for awhile and I don’t want some of my items to rust while I’m gone.
:wink:

[rusty myers]

I use large plastic tubs, WD40 on steel, neatsfoot the leathers, and add a bag of dessicant. If you can store indoors in an area with heat and air you should have no problems. Make sure it is DRY when you close it up. OK for the WD or neatsfoot to be wet, You just do not want any sweat.

We store 20 sets here in our garage this way, and while we get a bit of rust here and there, it is almost always from sweat, not storage.

I store the Sagum and tunic in there too, the fabric will absorb a bit of moisture if it intrudes.

[Robert Vermaat]

A very big wooden chest in my house (not the garage) for the metal items, shoes etc. Clothing hung on spear shafts or folded in open upboards.

[Chuck Russell]

on the floor of my office

[Primvs Pavlvs]

In the den, living room, hallway, outside, in the garage, in the truck etc etc......................THANK GOD FOR PATIENT WIVES!

[Geoffrey]

Funny! However I’m thinking that most if not all of my belongings might have to be placed in a storage bin for, oh…. let say…. 540 days given an extension or two. Chuck, are you saying that I can store my kit in your garage???? :wink:

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Hope your not off anywhere in harms way Geoff! I was going to add my usual unhelpful advice but others have beaten me to it! Mine is all over the livingroom! Being a bachalor, with no children, I have been forced to take on that role myself. Hence one fairly large, rather untidy child, who only gets told no when I really can't afford it! :oops:
WD40 is the gift of god for ALL items that need cleaning and storing!
Displaces moisture, and prevents rust for a time. You can buy it in large 5 liter containers too! and it is non-toxic!