[TheForge] Finishing Pure Iron

[Roy Wilson]

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 08:00:20 -0600, Dave Brown wrote:

>With low corrosion properties, if the piece does start to rust under the 
>finish, I don't think you'll get the same level of 'creeping rust' under 
>the finish that you get with mild steel.

  It gets a weird yellow powder-like surface rust if you just let
it air cool out of the fire.  Might not even be rust, it might be
combining with something other than oxygen.  A light wipe with oil
takes it right off.

  Really strange color, though.



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