[TheForge] finish problem

[Jerry Frost]

I've been to Clyde's and it's an iron age paradise, check out the site. No 
fooling he knows what he's doing, I have one of his driller frogs on the 
front porch as I type and it's rust finish is perfect. Well, Clyde TOLD me 
they were driller frogs, maybe I shouldn't've admitted to being a driller 
first?

Jer
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If it ain't forged
It ain't real
wrought iron is
The Frostworks



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] finish problem


I'll offer a rust testimonial here...I used Clyde's formula and it
worked as well as his work is great.. That is to say, very.

Clyde wrote:
> 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
>