Re: When rust is found...

[Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>]

At 08:17 PM 1/19/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Perhaps someone with a chemistry degree could explain just how this
>'snake oil' works.  Mr. Myers?  

Well, first ya gots to ketch a buncha them thar snakes an' then...

Sorry.  I have't seen the ads you refer to.  I presume that the promise is
that rust will be stopped after it has gotten started.  That *might* be
possible, not using any chemistry I'm familiar with, but there is a lot of
specialized chemistry I'm not familiar with.  I suspect the primary help in
preventing (no - slowing the progress maybe) is the coat of paint directed
after "treatment".  Is the promise that damage is "repaired"?  If so -
caveat emptor.  In either case - caveat emptor.

>You know, the type Eric Axelson is
>promoting with blatant advertising. I have tried different products of
>this ilk and they don't work _when_applied_as_directed_.  Might just
>as well use a rust paint, same results.
>
>And...you apply a coat of paint over top to "protect against
>mechanical damage."  Now _that_ is rich (as used in the 'informal'
>sense).
>
>Geo
>
>
>
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   Bob
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