Subject: Re: Scale removing solutions

From: "John W. Pollins III" <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Feb 96 15:00:22 EST

I've been using the muriatic solution in a 5 gal lidded plastic bucket
with enough satisfaction that nothing said so far inspires me to try something
else. About 15 to 30 min. in the bucket before wire brushing or emery paper.
Get the 1st sealer coat on quick cause it'll rust quick  -- which looks pretty
good on forged roses, by the way -- After a muriatic bath I let one rust outside
for about 3 mths before sealing it with boiled linseed oil and it has a lovely
soft looking skin on the flower that I don't know how to achieve any other way.
	The mnemonic for Kenney's critical advise "pour the acid into the water"
is "AAA" Add Acid After.
			
		Pollins

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 96 15:47 CST

<<After a muriatic bath I let one rust outside
for about 3 mths before sealing it with boiled linseed oil and it has a lovely
soft looking skin on the flower that I don't know how to achieve any other 
way.>>

I've noticed this technique talked about recently ... boiled linseed oil 
finishing. Is this applied to raw steel? What sort of a finish does it provide? 
Is it suitable for indoors only? Is it oily to the touch at all?

Thanks,

Jeff Reiter
Frankfort, IL
[email-masked]

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From: "Szucs" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 09:47:27 -0500

> Is it suitable for indoors only? Is it oily to the touch at all?

	Linseed oil polymerises over time (hours or at worst days) when
	exposed to air.  No oily surface after a while.  If it's burned
	on, then it should certainly not be oily.

	-Andy V.