[TheForge] Cleaner for mild steel

Tue Jun 3 13:50:01 2003

I LOVE THE SMELL OF MEK IN THE MORNING. Pulls all the fatty acids out of your skin too, so be sure and wear appropriate gloves.

Ray Miller
Cincinnati
> 
> From: Woolley <[email protected]>
> Date: 2003/06/03 Tue AM 11:52:31 EDT
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [TheForge] Cleaner for mild steel
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm cladding  interior surfaces with mild steel plate.  The client wants 
> the mill scale intact.  I'm buying plate that has been exposed to 
> moisture as it sits stacked up in the warehouse so it is patterned, or 
> marked by the moisture.  This he likes.  I'm trying, to no avail, to 
> remove what I think is mild grease and oil from handling.  I've tried 
> alcohol, mineral spirits, turpentine, acetone degreaser.  Acetone and 
> degreaser are changing the color of the mill scale, the others are 
> helping but not fully getting it done.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Woolley
> 
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