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Changing color of rust finish
2004
I made for a customer a iron gate. She wanted it to be rusted. I built the gate and hired a guy to sandblast the scale from the steel to help it to rust form quickly and evenly. Unfortunately his equipment broke down and was unable to finish the job and I could not find someone else to finish it. For the final sections that were not sandblasted I chose to help the rusting process along by spraying it down with water and Muriatic Acid [affil. link to info/product on Amazon] . The problem is that now she has a two tone rusted gate. The sandblasted part a dark brown and the acid treated part is orange. After the gate has been in place for nearly a year It is clear that the orange colored rust is taking over. The customer wants the brown colored rust. Besides sandblasting the whole thing. Is there a way to fix this?
Charles MastersOrnamental metalwork - Yelm, Washington, USA
February 17, 2011
Well, the customer did get a rusty gate - she just doesn't like it... rancher - chico california | affil. link |
