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Proper care for oly bar

  • 14-05-2011 1:09am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭


    I bought an oly bar and weights this week and will be using it to train in my attic.

    The problem is that my attic gets a bit damp, particularly in the winter, and I've had trouble with things rusting up there in the past.

    Does anyone have any advice on how I should properly store and treat my new kit? Does the bar need oiling or anything or should a thick and/or waterproof cover suffice?

    Thanks for any help yis can offer


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    That's the last place I'd have weightlifting equipment. Have you fitted RSJs? Presume it's an average house.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    If you MUST keep the kit in a damp place, a film of oil is pretty much the only thing that will keep it rustfree. You'll need to clean the oil off at least the parts you'll be holding before using it though, I suspect that no amount of chalk will give a decent grip on an oily bar.
    Be scrupulous about removing sweat before re-oiling too.

    Besides the ongoing pain in the fundament of cleaning and oiling the bar EVERY time you want to use it, I too would be shy of working with weights in what we're presuming here is a conventional domestic attic. An eighth of a tonne (125kg) or more of iron plus your own bodyweight will generate a lot of pressure concentrated through your footprints into the sort of thinnish plywood and timber joists most conventional attic floors are made of. To say nothing of dropping stuff.
    Perhaps your particular attic floor is well up to the job, but you'll need to be very sure of if before plaster and light fittings and who knows what else start falling into the room below. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭Mickk


    What type of bar is it? There are three general types, zinc oxide (black) bars, chromed (ost common cheap) and bare steel but they are usually higher end bars.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Unless you had the attic built with weight lifting as part of the specification there is no way its going to be strong enough


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,857 ✭✭✭shootermacg


    I've got mine in the garage with the washing machine and dryer and I say let it rust. I don't mind cleaning my hands after, bloody place filthy anyway and when the drier is on it's like the Amazon rain forest.
    Glad I got the rubber weights now though, the cheap dumbells are rusting up pretty badly.
    Might look into getting some hammerite or something for the grips.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,541 ✭✭✭Davei141


    What about using a Dehumidifier?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭gymsoldier


    Weights in the attic, bad idea.

    This will be you:



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Not going to help. Humidity isn't a problems cause really
    The attic is normally outside the insulated envelope of a house (if its not there is no issue as its basically an internal room). So its subject to lots of temp fluctuations, which means that it its gets hotter than normal during the day, but crashes at night passing the dew point = wet bar


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,541 ✭✭✭Davei141


    I have one out in my shed and during the winter it keeps the bars and plates dry, if i turn it off for a few days the place gets very damp. Its not a well insulated shed. Admittedly im far far from an expert so your probably right.


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