[TheForge] steel scrap

[Ries Niemi]

On Oct 19, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:

> Why water?  Cheap? Nontoxic? Nonflammable?
> I was wondering about using some sort of oil instead.  The idea would 
> be to leave a protective coat on the metal.  May not always be 
> desirable, of course.  No oppt'y to try it myself anytime soon...
>
> Bruce
> NJ


You dont have to reinvent the wheel every time...
The tumbling/deburring industry makes a product for this- it is a 
detergent mix, which costs something like 20 bucks a gallon. You mix it 
at about 20 to 1 with water, and it keeps the metal from rusting, lubes 
the tumbling medium, and does not leave a greasy coat that would 
interfere with welding or painting.
There are a bunch of companies that sell deburring supplies, and I bet 
MSC or McMaster would sell this stuff as well.
Personally, I just bought a 50 pound box of ceramic tumbling media, and 
a gallon of this detergent, about 12 years ago, and I havent run out of 
either yet-

Ries Niemi
Industrial Artist

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