[TheForge] Hand cream and Rust

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Karen;
Try mixing  some salt and chlorine for that.
You are right...the rust keeps creeping under the sealant. As soon as it 
gets access to the tiniest amount of moisture it takes right off again.
Never had a dog wanna lick my metal work, and i've had some goofy 
dogs...But then your's is probably tastier..pf

Lucky7Steel wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I've found that Shea Butter works really well for a hand cream. I've taken
> to only buying stuff at the health food stores for my hands because you can
> get pure minimal ingredient type things. The smell of bag balm is enough to
> ..well...i can't stand it. Maybe cows can't smell that well or just can't
> say. ;-)
> 
> I've been rusting some pieces in my yard with salt water (can't figure out
> the acid stuff without fearing for my dog's life!). I've seen people spray
> lacquer over to seal them. Doesn't this just seal in the rust? would make
> sense to me that the piece would just continue to rust underneath the
> lacquer no?
> 
> any thoughts?
> 
> ~KarenC~
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