blade sharpening additive to the water tray

[fba-2c]

I have old style wood mizer blade sharpener and am almost out of the additive one puts in water tray to prevent blade rusting/ corrosion.  Asked wood mizer Canada and they did not know what it was.  Does anyone have any ideas what it was.... the labeling disappeared long ago and just have the white plastic bottle left with a bit of bluish fluid in it

[Stephen1]

I always used automotive radiator antifreeze in my tray.  I was told by Dave at WM Canada to use it. He is retired now.  It worked as a lubricant and when sharpening in the winter it didn't freeze

[pineywoods]

couple of glugs of diesel works fine for me.

[Stephen1]

I have old style wood mizer blade sharpener and am almost out of the additive one puts in water tray to prevent blade rusting/ corrosion.  Asked wood mizer Canada and they did not know what it was.  Does anyone have any ideas what it was.... the labeling disappeared long ago and just have the white plastic bottle left with a bit of bluish fluid in it

Call and talk to Brian at the Lyndsay Office for the name of the additive. 

[Kawartha Lakes]

If you would still like some call back to Wood-Mizer and ask for P/N A04673-1.

[D6c]

I think I still have an unused bottle of the woodmizer stuff from the late '80s.  I'll take a look tomorrow to see if it says what it is.  If you want it you can have it.

[D6c]

Here's the bottle I have.  It doesn't say what's in it.  Right now it's frozen solid and since it's biodegradeable I'd be surprized if it's still good after all these years.
An alternative would be to use a water based synthetic cutting fluid that is commonly used in machine shops.  They have corrosion inhibitors and treatment to prevent bio growth.  The old soluable oil cutting fluids that were used years ago would get nasty....just about make you gag from the smell.