[TheForge] Re: rusting

[Mike Spencer]

> Anyone know a safer fairly quick way to rust steel...

Omnes festinatio ex parte diaboli est. [1]

Bert Shaw (PhD), in response to a braggart antiquarian who claimed to
be able to date any antique, forged (in both senses) a colonial door
latch from an old piece of wrought iron.  He carefully filed in/off
and polished a century or two of wear in the right places and then put
the think under the down spout by the house for a year.  The braggart
later confidently confirmed that it was 300 years old.

What's the rush? :-)

> Salt?

If my car is any indicator, spray it with brine a couple of times a
day and keep it in a warmish place.  Or -- just guessing here --
follow the usual instructions for electrocleaning but use brine
instead of bicarbonate. Try both polarities.


- Mike

[1] All haste is of the Devil.

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