In a message dated 4/29/2006 8:57:10 PM Central Standard Time,
tr3driver@comcast.net writes:
> >sounds like a special compound that will bond with an iron atom. How that
> >"eats" rust is still not clear since there is plenty of free iron
> available.
> >Will it also attack the non-rusted iron?
>
> Dunno if it's true or not, but they claim it won't.
> http://www.orisonllc.com/corrosion/evaporust/evapo-rust.html
> claims "It can remove iron from iron oxide, but is too weak to remove iron
> from
> steel because the iron is held much more strongly."
FWIW, I picked up a gallon of it at the local swap meet and I am soaking
soime rusty TR3 hardware as we speak. I will post the results in a few days.
I
bought it from a resto shop who has been using ti for a while and is thoroughly
sold on it.
>
> >A Google search yeilds a bunch of medical applications. It looks like a
> >promising methood of purging heavy metals that normally accumulate in
> >the body but
> >is still mostly theoretical.
>
> As I understand it, chelation therapy is reasonably well proven to (slowly)
> remove heavy metals from the body. It's been used for many years to treat
> people with chronic heavy metal poisoning. What's doubtful is whether
> removing
> "normal accumulation" is any benefit or not. I suspect it's rather like
> that
> dihydrogen monoxide stuff, too much is definitely bad, but a little bit
> isn't so
> bad. Especially when mixed with some 1-hydroxyethane and a few complex
> organic molecules.
Now that you mention it, where's my cork screw?
Dave
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