[TheForge] Re: trade secrets

[Saint Phlip]

On 11/25/06, Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Question:  What do you mean by "frozen zinc in a
> tank"?  Was he doing true galvanizing (electroplating
> with zinc) or was he doing hot-dipping into molten
> zinc?  Just how good a look did you get of that magic
> metal?  Did he give you any indication of how it was
> used or what it was used for?
>
> You see, I expect there are a limited number of metals
> it might have been.  He may even have expected you to
> recognise it when he showed it to you.  With a little
> more info, we might be able to puzzle this out.
>
> Bruce
> NJ

Wondering, Bruce, if it might have been a catalyst of some sort.
Drop/dip it in, let it trigger/speed up the reaction, and pull it out,
essentially unchanged. Being stuffed in his pocket might just have
kept it clean and shiny for the next use.

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