Adrian Stott wrote: > "Neil Arlidge" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My only comment, from rather a lot of experience of rust in cars and >> on boats.... >> get rid of it! >> If it is heavily crusted and access for a grinder is impossible, a >> cheaper option for the long term could well be to get the bottom of >> the lockers grit blasted or needle gunned. > > Hence my advice to use a passivator such as Fertan. All that is > needed is to remove the loose rust (a wire brush will do that), then > paint the stuff on. It converts the rust into a harmless (and even > beneficial) phosphate. > > Amazing stuff, actually. Looks like milk in the container, but when > you apply it it turns bright blue, then cures to black. It isn't > weather-proof, so needs painting over, which is why I put a red oxide > primer on top and then some paint of an unfashionable colour (surely > we all have some of that in the back of a cupboard somewhere). > > Make it easy on yourself. > > Adrian
Indeed...get rid of rust and scale, instead of covering it up. -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - Shannon Reg 7410 Read about the TNC Irish travels at: http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_07/index.html Defend the waterways: http://www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/
