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So just picked up a set of used rollers Chaffin's was selling recently, got them all cleaned up nice & purty, question being, what is the preferred method for long term storage, especially given I'm in humid/coastal salt air.

Let me know all your suggestions....

This stuff works pretty well for preventing corrosion on bare metal:

https://www.mcmaster.com/10245K52

LPS also works well or Boeshield, but its much more expensive.

Greased up & zipped up in a baggie.

Either of the previous 2 answers.
I use LPS #3. its like a thin cosmoline. Then bag.
If the bag stays intact, you can directly install by greasing without removing the LPS.

Thank ya'll!

I vouch for lps, it's a good product.

Lps 1 is a good greasless lubricant
Lps 2 is a good oily lubricant and a little thicker
Lps 3 is great for preventing corrosion and providing a long lasting semi self healing film.

Nothing special but a coating of some kind of wheel bearing grease inside and out will do the job. Not a bad idea to put them in a large baggie. When it’s time to use then put in a container of diesel and clean them up. Ready to go.

I use B’laster Surface Shield®
https://blasterproducts.com/product/surface-shield/ It is very sticky and slimy so I put it in a zip lock bag after coating.
It can get very messy easily.
And it washes off easily when you finally want to use the part.

A lot of lubricants can prevent rust if put in a plastic bag.
I gave up using while lithium years ago, I blamed it for rust under the grease sometimes.
I could not prove it but I suspected it.

Mike

Mike,
Well, I'll confirm your suspicions about white lithium.
When I tore down my TT in the 80's I had to store machined parts until I had the money to restore. That was one of the recommendations then, greased up and wrapped in oil cloth.
Only to discover later the onset of serious rust after only about 4 years. And that was in arid Calif.
Why I had to ask, figured better options now.