Archive for 'Flash Rust'
Mega Rust 2009
Posted on 09. Mar, 2009 by charles frenzel.
Subject: 2 Workshops in 2009 at MegaRust and WJTA on “How to Inspect Flash Rust” Why is this positive action needed when the HydroBlast or WaterJet standards have been issued since 1994? The NSRP SP-3 Project “Surface Preparation QA/QC process Improvement” released in December 2007 identified “flash rusting is perceived to have relatively low impact […]
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Beware the Spider
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by charles frenzel.
Rusty Brown says: Flash rust is like dry skin. It brushes off leaving new skin. Rust back is like the bite of the spider. It festers and keeps eating deeper.
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Beware the Cut
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by admin.
Rusty Brown says: Corrosion is like the infection that attacks you when your skin is cut or damaged.
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Oranges and Apples
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by charles frenzel.
Rusty Brown says: The steel hull loomed above the two engineers who were reading some specification sheets. Ones says, “Put the paint on thicker. That way it won’t peel off.” The other says, “Which is easier to peel with your thumbnail, oranges or apples.”
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You’re Skidding
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by charles frenzel.
Rusty Brown says: Dust is to paint as grease is to tires.
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Paint Sticks
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by charles frenzel.
Rusty Brown says: Paint sticks to the surface when it covers the ridges and fills the valleys. Paint is like fresh air. Smog displaces fresh air when it fills the valleys. Paint can’t stick when the valleys are dirty.
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Paint for Protection
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by charles frenzel.
Rusty Brown says: Paint is to steel as skin is to humans.
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Flash Rust
Posted on 03. Mar, 2009 by admin.
Dust is to paint as grease is to tires. Every thing you wanted to know about flash rust and whether to paint over it.
