[meteorite-list] The Dreaded Rust!
From: kentnorwood <kentnorwood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:46:22 2004 Message-ID: <003701c0d649$b00be4a0$c691fea9_at_w2w8k0> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C0D60F.0306BA80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi List, I have a Campo and a Canyon Diablo that are beginning to show rust. = >From "The Meteorite & Tektite Collector's Handbook", I have a choice of = using sodium citrate, sodium hydrosulfate, oxalic acid, or tartaric acid = to remove the rust. I have never bought or used any of these and would = like to ask the list which I should choose. Are they available at a = hardware store or ? The book also tells me to seal the specimens using lacquer; Which = brand or type should I use? Thanks, Kent Smith=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C0D60F.0306BA80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3017.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I have a Campo and a = Canyon=20 Diablo that are beginning to show rust. From "The Meteorite & = Tektite=20 Collector's Handbook", I have a choice of using sodium citrate, sodium=20 hydrosulfate, oxalic acid, or tartaric acid to remove the rust. I = have=20 never bought or used any of these and would like to ask the list which I = should=20 choose. Are they available at a hardware store or ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> The book also tells = me=20 to seal the specimens using lacquer; Which brand or = type=20 should I use?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> = Kent=20 Smith</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C0D60F.0306BA80-- Received on Sun 06 May 2001 12:29:13 PM PDT |
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