[TheForge] Re: Rust,pickling

Wed Aug 13 04:50:00 2003

Mike:   Did you know that you can buy USP grade anhydrous borax at most
chemical supply houses.  Look for the USP designator for purity.  This would
save you the work of cooking it yourself.

Do you normally use EZ Weld "Anti Borax"?

Grant
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 7:16 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Rust,pickling

>
> me> I've found that the salts that work out of forge welded joints is
> me> a real nuisance.
>
> Grant> I typically use plain Anhydrous Borax and get no leaching, at
> Grant> least on blades.
>
> I'll keep that in mind.  I've used that but tend to like the
> commerecial flux with iron filings in it for things like sticking
> flower stems together and that's just the kind of weld that harbors
> flux down in the crutch of the join.  Maybe I shd pratice a bit more
> with borax.  I found it sorta slippery and harder to use singlehanded
> where I couldn't wire or tack the pieces together before heating.
>
> Since the last time I dehydrated any borax , I've acquired a couple of
> very heavy iron bowls that might mnake perfect mortars for grinding up
> the glassy borax after melting it.
>
> - Mike
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