[TheForge] Zinc soldering

[Peter Hirst]

I wouldn't put it that way:  I would say "Zinc stains really badly".  I just 
rebuilt a 100 year old peanut warmer at the general store where I work part 
time.  It has a lot of zinc, particularly a drawer and a holding bin.  OK 
maybe it hasn't been cleaned in 50 years but let me tell you it was nasty. 
The oak case has a bautifu;l old world patina etc , but the zinc has a nasty 
machine shop zinc oxide puke green multilayered grungy crust  that is a one 
of a kind expression of why God gave us the Superfund.   And that's on the 
clean parts.  Zinc and food preparation mix like oil  and really heavy metal 
contaminated crankcase sludge.

PGH

PGH
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> Janet Switzer wrote:
>> From what I've read, zinc stains badly, even from the activity of washing 
>> dishes.
> You mean that "it acquires a beautiful old world patina, with unique color 
> variations that make your counter top a one of a kind expression of the 
> warmth friendliness of your kitchen."
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