Hi Ed, I've treated all my metallic meteorites with "Rig". It is a rust preventative used for guns. Of all the meteorites treated with "Rig", none have shown any evidence for rust. I've had them for about 4 years....not a speck of rust. I have one Campo that was pretreated by the seller with some sort of dark colored supposed protectant, and it has slowly started to rust away. I figure that Campo will be almost completely rusted in another 5 years. I wish the seller had just left it alone, and I would have treated it with "Rig", and it would not have had any rust on it. One problem with "Rig". I don't think it's manufactured anymore. Too bad....the stuff REALLY prevents rust, and you can't even tell it's on the meteorite. You just apply a thin coat (it's a type of grease, but disappears when applied). The meteorites are not oily at all after treatment. Once I run out of the stuff, then I'm in the same boat as everyone else. Regards, Greg Lindh
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 09:28:03 -0800 > Subject: [meteorite-list] List of known Rusters? > > Does anyone have a list of known Iron meteorite rusters? The sample > of Nantan China I have split into several pieces. I have been using > WD40 on the pieces to retard further problems but this does not work > all that well. Have to repeat this every few weeks! > Ed Majden > Courtenay B.C. > > Asteroid Majden 142368 (Thanks to Rob Matson) > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
