[niles]

Keith:

I would get on the net or go to a source of Gov't mil-stds and look up equiptment storage.
The army has been storing stuff for years in a greasy goo called cosmoline? The stuff is great; in the 60's I bought enfield and springfield rifles as well as a jeep and a 2.5 ton half track from army surplus. All the items had been stored more than 20 yrs and after you cleaned them (a real chore) they worked and ran like new.
grover