[TheForge] post sand blasting

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

I think that stuff primarily deals with oxidation..tho there are 
commercial phosphate finishes, don't know about those.

On 11/5/2010 7:17 AM, Andy Gladish wrote:
> what about washing it with Phospho right away, would that help?
> I'm not really sure what the phosphoric acid preps actually DO on clean
> metal, obviously they neutralize oxides, but do they stabilize steel
> surfaces that DON'T have oxides on them?
> Andy G.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: peter fels&  phoebe palmer
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 1:49 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] post sand blasting
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> Hi Karen:
> Sand blasters are neat! You can literally carve steel, glass or stone
> with them.
> The rough surface has a lot of extra surface area leaving it very
> vulnerable to rust.
> Different blast media produce different finishes.
> Wax works..any sealant almost, will work for a while....indoors. Keep
> reapplying it for maintenance.
> And you can get much fancier from there
> Fingerprints, oil, dust from the blasting get in the way.
> We recently had a related discussion.
>
> On 11/4/2010 11:23 AM, ~K~ wrote:
>> Hey other metal folks!
>>
>> I just got overly excited about a sand blaster I had access to for an
>> afternoon. I took the scale off a little steel piece I made. Forgot how
>> porous it makes the steel. Is there a coating I can put on the will stop
>> the finger marks but maintain at least a bit of the finish? Wax maybe?
>>
>> ~Karen~
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