[TheForge] Pickling solutions

[k donahoe]

Don,

Does the bisulfite creep out of the barrel and eat your shop?  

Kevin

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    -[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of PlumDon at aol.com
    -Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 6:16 AM
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    -Subject: RE: [TheForge] Pickling solutions
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    -I have found sodium bisulfite to be a very effective pickling 
    -solution. At the pool supply it goes by the name of Lo n' Slo 
    -and various others. I think it is used to lower the ph. When I 
    -finish forging an item I drop it in a 5 gal container and 
    -within an hour or so it is clean of scale. As the solution 
    -weakens it takes longer. Hot iron descales faster. I mix it 1 
    -pound per gallon of water. As with most of the pickling 
    -solutions, rust will begin almost immediately. 
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