Subject: Re: Descaling steel

From: Mike Dickie <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 96 05:12 PDT

At 08:28  06/03/96 -0400, you wrote:
>At 05:10 PM 6/2/96 +0000, you wrote:
>>
>>>         Sparex (sodium bisulphate) works just fine. We stripped the entire
>>> huge Neptune Sculpture (the three coins in a fountain)  in front of the
>>> Library of Congress with it... contained all the leavings in the dry pool
>>> below the fountain; neutralized it with baking soda, and commenced to
>>> patinate it.                            
>>> Bradley
>>> 
>>> 
>>
>>Did you brush or spray on the Sparex?  I have never tried to use it 
>>this way and would be curious as to the method of application.
>>
>>Thanks!!!
>
>
>Hi Franklyn,
>
>        We flowed the solution on with those big blonde brushes used for
>concrete & stucco..from the bottom up (important), so as not to streak the
>piece. Wear a good mask, especially if the piece is hot from the sun. The
>fumes are toxic. Wear a face mask also.
>
>                                                                            
>    Good luck,
>
>                                                                            
>    Bradley
>
>Hi Guys!

I have used Sparex in some silversmithing, and the stuff I'm familiar is a
powder that is mixed with water.  It therefore has the same viscosity and
"clingability" as water.  Is it available in another form that will cling to
a vertical surface?  I'm thinking along the lines of toilet bowl cleaners
that are thick and viscous, which by the way will also clean metal.

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D. M. (Mike) Dickie 
FLATLANDER FORGE
Box 85
Pennant, SK
Canada S0N 1X0

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From: Clint Scott <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 12:07:29 -0500

> that are thick and viscous, which by the way will also clean metal.

GET MY NAME OFF THIS LIST!!
I didn't subscribe and I don't want on it.
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