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Yes, it's sticky, but it even says on the instructions to rub it off quickly for a smooth surface. However, it contains phosporic acid which will stain iron if used in small amounts. Yes, it removes rust some, not great, but some. The Boeshield T-9 is a great product. It contains a thin paste wax, so if you buff it a little it's even smoother. If you have a leak in your bottle (like me) and you set the bottle on your table saw, then it will literally eat pits into the cast iron table and react to form some funky crusty black iron oxide stuff that is really hard to clean off.My recommendation, buy the T-9 and hide the rust remover from yourself before you really damage something. I haven't had a problem with it.The rust remover is a whole different thing.
I've used other products that either were way over priced for little bitty bottles, or had chemicals that the epa should check out. If you maintain the surface with the spray after you clean it the first time, you won't have any rust even when Bubba comes to visit and rests both his sweaty hands on your table saw top while he talks.The lube spray goes on easily and leaves a really friction free surface without residue. They were not nearly as good as this line either.
I also sprayed some on the ruler for setting my fence, and it crinkled it up, and now the ruler is hard to use (OK, I should have thought of that and not over sprayed). The rust remover works great. That works well. (and then drying the blade and spraying it with WD 40).
I would give it 4 stars.The Boeshield is OK. If all you want to do is protect the cast iron top of a wood working tool, you would be much better off just using a furniture paste wax. So I like the product for them. I have a mixed option about this kit.I purchased it to remove a couple of rust spots from my table saw top. It had the bad effect of changing the color of the table saw top to a darker grey (OK who cares). Over all this part did the job and I should give it 5 stars.I use the blade and bit cleaner to clean resin from my router bits and table saw blades. It could be used to coat a metal product for long term storage.
For my application, I give Boeshield 1 star. I did have to use it twice. However for table saw blades it is not much better than washing the blade warm water with Dawn dish soap. I am uncomfortable washing my router bits with bearings.
This product is crap. You'd be better off using kerosene and a tooth brush.I was told that this product worked great on rust, well believe me when I tell you that it did more harm than it did help, it left my machinery with leopard spots.I'm very unhappy with the results, you would think that for $30 you'd get a better product.
You have to clean hard before you can use the tool. The goo can get on wood and it takes strong solvent to get it out. Flitz cleans better and is more versatile. T-9 RULEZ when it comes to keeping rusty crusty away from anything metal. The best anti-rust protection comes after letting it dry in a thick film.I don't like T-9 on machine table tops except for storage, where it is the best thing EVER. I've been using T-9 for some years.
It's too bad they're selling the kit and not T-9 by itself.The rust cleaner is average. The blade cleaner did clean but certainly not nine dollars better than a few ounces of Oil Eater, which cleaned gummy blades and bits lots faster. It's sticky though. Wet T-9 can stain cardboard boxes and fabric. Of the three items, the T-9 is really worth the cleaner and rust buster put together. It was even a good defense against a male dog's dislike of a metal bench and handtruck kept outside.
If you live near salty water exposure, there's nothing better. It does stay sticky a long while so don't spritz and expect it to be instantly usable.
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