[TheForge] Just Rust

[Dave Mudge]

In my opinion,,,,,, If you are going to the trouble to do a rust
finish on a nice piece,
yes you do have to stop the rust process and stabilize it. But if you
use a polyurethane
type finish it is like putting plastic over your hard-won organic
textured finish. Uch!
I use a clear "satin" finish to coat the rust.
dave m

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Craig Schaefer
<craig.schaefer at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> If you can seal out oxygen - hard to do - it won't continue to rust.
> Lacquer is a permeable membrane and will allow moisture and oxygen to pass.
> Urethanes or clear powder coating can seal in and stop rust, but if they
> crack over time, you will have trouble again.
>
> CraigS
> Gresham, OR
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lucky7Steel" <lucky7steel at gmail.com>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 5:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Hand cream and Rust
>
>
> > 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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