[TheForge] finish problem

[Clyde]

I rust a lot of sculptures, some tiny, some 25 feet tall. I sold over 950
last year plus many that I kept for my sculpture park, gave to schools etc.
All are rusted so I need to rust a lot of stuff fast to keep up.

 

Peroxide alone is not good rust maker. A mixer of a pint of peroxide, a ¼
cup of salt and a cup of 5% acid vinegar is a good start. If the iron is
prepared right and the weather is warm and damp I can have a pretty passable
rust in an hour. Overnight it looks great. 

 

You have to get the mill scale, dirt, paint, etc off. I use sandblasting or
tumbling or a 10% solution of muriatic acid to get down to the bare metal.

 

After spraying on the mixture I rinse the piece off with a hose, sometimes
after an hour, sometimes the next morning. It depends on the moisture in the
air and temperature and the effect you want. 

 

Clyde Wynia

http://jurustic.com

http://flickr.com/photos/jurustic

 

 

I was trying to use peroxide to put a rust finish on some iron but it

did not work, what did I do wrong?  First cleaned in PH minus then

scrubbed with scotch brite pad under clean water got rid of excess

water and spray with peroxide.  Nothing happened, peroxide to week?

Allen

 

 

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Allen Ortery

bluestoneforge at gmail.com

309-368-7967

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