[TheForge] Chemical Questions ?

[lama]

Well Bob, I am going to use the electrolysis method as suggested by Aron
Silver.
A wooden frame, lined with plastic sheet, filled with water and baking soda
and
a battery charger...... I have never done this before but it seems to be a
common practice
as I have found references to it through a "GOOGLE" search.
http://www.buchanan1.net/rust.shtml
http://www.oldengine.org/members/billd/electrol.htm
http://www.bhi.co.uk/hints/rust.htm
http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/rustremoval.htm
http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/rust/rust.html

They all say pretty much the same thing.
After that I was going to give them a coat of phosphoric acid like Jeff
Valentine of
Barking Crow suggested, but I can not find it locally except in Navel Jelly.
Our local
Home Depot didn't have it or even know what it was. Shirwin-Williams didn't
have it.

Then I got some special 'water borne acrylic' primer and top coat that Clare
Yellin
suggested. The primer is called "1,000 Hour Primer" because it was tested in
1,000
hours of exposure to salt spray. The pieces need to be well coated because
they will
be going back into the chlorine environment of the closed in swimming pool
room.
On the other hand, a lot of the detail is delicate and one wouldn't want to
loose it to
thick paint.

dave m



----- Original Message -----
From: <schade@acegroup.cc>


> the original date of dave mudges posting below is 10 16 02.
>
> i happened to be snooping around at dave mudges web site and ran across
pictures of the panels in question.
>
> http://magichammer.freeservers.com/samuel_yellin__window_panels.htm
>
> what did you decide to do here dave?
>
> bob s.
> ____________