[TheForge] Chemical Questions ?

Mon Oct 28 08:02:00 2002

        David,  I found mine at an auto body supplier.  It was called
Rust-Mort up here.  Looked at the ingredients, Phosphoric acid.....only one
listed.

Ralph


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From: "lama" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Chemical Questions ?


> 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: <[email protected]>
>
>
> > 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.
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