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Re: Reply: [ihc] Rust intervention



On Jul 22, 2004, at 6:55 AM, Ted Borck wrote:


On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, John Hofstetter wrote:

There was a vendor at North West Roundup named Rust Doctor. He (they) sell the latex rust "stuff" by the quart or gallon. Nice display of old rusty stuff that they had reclaimed. He, the vendor, said that Rust Doctor makes magnetite out of the rust. I don't think he's even close to being accurate there, but the stuff that he had reclaimed looked very good.

First they put the Rust Doctor on, then several layers of sanding sealer to even out the surface and then painted that surface. So, for example, they had an old rusty wagon with a piece of it still covered with rust, a piece with the rust converted to magnetite, and a final painted surface. Looked good.
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Is this the URL?

http://www.therustdoctor.com/

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Ted Borck	tborck@domain.elided
Yep, that's him, and seeing that he is in Ashland, OR, I better understand why the show in Brooks is the first time I've seen him. Very nice fellow.

I've been pondering the magnetite, but I don't remember enough organic chemistry to know what I'm talking about. Another site that sells the latex product calls the coating a ferro-organic which I can more easily accept.

Anyone wanting to pick on me could point out that magnetite is Ferrous Oxide and that is not an organic compound, so why do I need some organic chemistry knowledge. Because I want to know how the latex makes the Ferric Oxide into Ferrous Oxide.

John

John Hofstetter
Ol' Saline
www.goldrush.com/~hofs



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