Yes,new rotor can be conditioned so as not to cause rust.I coat all the areas on a new set of rotors that are not swept by the brake pad area so they don't rust.On ventilated rotor i coat the internal air cooling passages also so they won't rust up and lose cooling capacity.
Anyone who cooks with castiron cookware knows than new castiron cookware has to be "seasoned" first before it can used.To season the cookware you coat it with a cooking oil and then bake it to form a carboned surface that is no-stick and won't rust.

I do the same with my new rotor sets.I use boiled linseed oil as my oil of choise.I brush it on all non brake pad swept areas,let it air dry overnight.It forms a nice thickness oil film that is now dry to the touch and won't flow around.Any oil that might have made it's way on to braking surfaces can be wiped off,with brake clean.

I then place the new treated film rotors on the car,with the new pads and then take the car out on the road to bed the pads into the new rotors. This process uses the heat developed in the beding to turn the oil film into a carbon film on the treated surfaces.Yes the oil film will smoke while it's being cooked on the iron surfaces to the carbon film surface.

I use the smoke as a indicator as to when the beding process is done.Just follow your normal beding process.The smoke and slight smell will stop along the way.When completed the rotors will not develop any surface rust other than on the braking surface and long term the rotors will reject just as many BTU's as when new because of no rust in the cooling passages of the vented rotors.As a plus the pads will last longer because of the lower operating temperatures because of the better cooling.

Try it,it's simple and it works well!!!!

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