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I am wondering about corrosion of the steel blades on my ice fishing auger. The auger is used on fresh water lakes (ie no salt involved). I have traditionally brought the auger inside to melt the ice off. Then I dry and oil the blades. I am tempted to leave the auger outside over night in the well below freezing temperature. The blades are relatively expensive and impossible to sharpen. I have no idea as to the grade of steel. It does look like a plain carbon steel.

Your thoughts would be appreciated, Grouseman

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  • $\begingroup$ What is your question? Does leaving it in the well mean leaving it in sitting in ice? Or water? $\endgroup$
    – DKNguyen
    Feb 5 at 2:07
  • $\begingroup$ I 'm leaving it outside in the "well below freezing" temperature. I'm not leaving it in a well. $\endgroup$
    – Grouseman
    Feb 5 at 12:26
  • $\begingroup$ Oh okay. You typed this "I am tempted to leave the auger outside over night in the well" If the water has frozen I don't think it would corrode. You can test. Get a piece of steel and leave it wet and make sure it rusts. Then clean it off and then stick it in a container of crushed ice and stick the whole thing in the freezer. $\endgroup$
    – DKNguyen
    Feb 5 at 17:04
  • $\begingroup$ Good idea. I will give it a try. $\endgroup$
    – Grouseman
    Feb 5 at 20:20
  • $\begingroup$ Water is oxygenated. Should theoretically be possible to rust it. Though it'll be slower than liquid water. If I were to select a coating, I'd try a thin layer of epoxy. $\endgroup$
    – Abel
    Feb 6 at 0:59

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