[meteorite-list] Rusting Nantans
From: Waldron Cluett <waldroncluett_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:24 2004 Message-ID: <OE21X5V3GykBbKP7Ie80004935b_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C24EDA.253D3300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I read Anne Blacks dilema with her Nantan and had a similar experience wi= th a 2 pounder...crumbling and oozing and rusting. I soaked the fragments in naval jelly ...available at the local hardware = store... for about an hour, rinsed them off with alcohol and a tooth brus= h...let them dry overnight ... then lightly waxed them an polished with p= aper towel. =20 They have held up well, and the kids who visit our shop are thrilled to g= et a fragment for $2-4 dollars _at_ .50 cents a gram in a round plastic cont= ainer with a card...If they still are leaking, I take the advise of anoth= er list member and soak the specimen in denatured alcohol for a week to e= liminate the chemical action and then lightly wax, and polish... The smaller fragments are also saved and put in little tubes and sold for= $2.00 as "Stardust"...the only problem is we have too much Nantan stardu= st... Our motto..."No Nantan will go unsold" 'Hope this will encourage some to experiment with their irons... Wally Cluett IMCA 9746 Toad Hollow Gallery & Handcrafted Jewelry 2517 Wakefield Road (Rte. 153) Wakefield, NH 03872 (603)522-6529 visit us on line at: http://groups.msn.com/ToadHollowHappenings Get more = from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C24EDA.253D3300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>I read Anne Bl= acks dilema with her Nantan and had a similar experience with a 2 pounder= ...crumbling and oozing and rusting.</DIV> <DIV>I soaked the fragments in= naval jelly ...available at the local hardware store... for about an hou= r, rinsed them off with alcohol and a tooth brush...let them dry overnigh= t ... then lightly waxed them an polished with paper towel.</DIV> <D= IV> </DIV> <DIV>They have held up well, and the kids who visit our = shop are thrilled to get a fragment for $2-4 dollars _at_ .50 cents a gram i= n a round plastic container with a card...If they still are leaking, I ta= ke the advise of another list member and soak the specimen in denatured a= lcohol for a week to eliminate the chemical action and then lightly wax, = and polish...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The smaller fragments are also= saved and put in little tubes and sold for $2.00 as "Stardust"...the onl= y problem is we have too much Nantan stardust...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> = <DIV>Our motto..."No Nantan will go unsold"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>= 'Hope this will encourage some to experiment with their irons...</DIV> <D= IV>Wally Cluett IMCA 9746</DIV> <DIV><BR>Toad Hollow Gallery & Handcr= afted Jewelry<BR>2517 Wakefield Road (Rte. 153)<BR>Wakefield, NH 03872 (6= 03)522-6529<BR>visit us on line at: <A href=3D"http://groups.msn.com/Toad= HollowHappenings">http://groups.msn.com/ToadHollowHappenings</A> </DIV></= BODY></HTML><br clear=3Dall><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer= download : <a href=3D'http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</= a><br></p> ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C24EDA.253D3300-- Received on Wed 28 Aug 2002 10:30:35 PM PDT |
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