About MoonShine Patina Co.

Back in the Lower Keys, nothing sat still long enough to be decorative.

Red Mallory grew up when fishermen, railroad hands, and backcountry mechanics depended on steel that had to move every day. Throttles, linkages, hinges, shackles, steering parts, winches, tools. Salt air didn’t care what something cost — it seized it just the same.

If a part locked up, you didn’t order a replacement. You fixed it. And you kept it from happening again.

Red learned early that paint and hard coatings didn’t survive the Keys. They cracked, trapped moisture, and failed quietly. What worked was oil — natural oil wiped on by hand, again and again. It soaked into seams, crept into moving parts, pushed water out, and bought time.

Boats. Rail equipment. Trucks. Shop tools. Anything steel that lived outside got treated the same way. The goal wasn’t to stop aging. It was to keep things moving.

That oil blend stayed with Red his whole life. He used it on his trucks, his tools—anything he relied on. When he went away for running shine, he was pissed. After serving his time, he wanted to waste the law’s time the same way they had wasted his. So out of spite, he started selling his oil mixture in his old moonshine jugs. They couldn’t touch him.

He got a lot of enjoyment out of that, and the townspeople at the time loved it. From there, it took off. That’s how the product got its name—and it’s still the same proven recipe.

That natural oil formula is the backbone of MoonShine Patina.

It exists for the same reason it did back then: to slow rust, protect moving parts, and keep metal usable in places where corrosion never lets up. Patina isn’t the goal. It’s just what’s left when steel survives long enough to show its age.

That’s how metal stayed alive in the Keys.
That’s what this is built to do.

MoonShine Patina Co. is an improved version of that formula.
Not shine.
Not polish.
Just pure American preservation — built to save patina, save history, and keep every mark that earned its place.