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that T9 would be good for the inside of tubing, especially seattube to protect against long term corroision there.
Sounds a bit like waxoyl in its definition, pointless for the outside of the frame though, unless you have many scabs in which case the damage is already done.
For the dropouts in serious'ness, either just be extremely careful when inserting & flipping the wheel, i.e. wind the bolts out far more than deemed necessary, but inside the dropouts where the axle sits its going to get chewed up regardless. A few bikes I've got have chromed dropouts which protects against this (unless you somehow crack the chrome off them with abuse), so the next best idea would be to mask off the stays and strip the paint from your dropouts, to bare metal then keep on top of the rust & marks. But if you do not do this very very tidyly it'll look shit.