[Fot] Tumble cleaning - then treating the hardware?

[Scott Janzen]

Actually, meant to say black oxide- not a terrific rust preventative, but not bad.  However, the traditional process involves caustic salts and is not something i can do at home.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 4, 2020, at 12:07 PM, Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:
> 
> On 6/4/20 8:10 AM, Scott Janzen wrote:
>> Are there any reasonably good home treatments to keep this stuff from re-rusting?  Coatings, paint, home oxidizing?
>> 
> 
> I'm assuming you mean 'anodizing' - oxidizing is easy, just let the parts sit somewhere.  They will oxidize, or rust, on their own.
> 
> It is possible to anodize aluminum at home, though it is not that simple.  Didn't Eastwood have a zinc or nickel plating kit available at one time?
> 
> mjb.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> fot at autox.team.net
> 
> http://www.fot-racing.com
> 
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Archive: http://autox.team.net/archive http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot
> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/sjanzen@me.com
> 
>