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Rust, preventing and cleaning
Sir James A:
^ yep
Sir Wolf:
could also be that the kettle has some sort of layer over the metal. i have seen this done with a few helmets. where rust shows up and i went to clean it only to find out the rust was under some kinda clear coat that i had now rubbed off leaving a lighter color metal in that spot ;)
Sir Edward:
--- Quote from: Jessica Finley on 2012-09-19, 02:11:03 ---Yup - the satin finish is (basically) tons of tiny grooves. those grooves "catch" water, and encourage rust. The smoother and shinier the polish, the less grooves, hence less rust.
--- End quote ---
Yep, this.
Oh, just thought I'd report back on some of the stuff I tried. It looks like BreakFree CLP is working really well as a protectant, and I've been having better luck with both the CLR and the Turtle Chrome Polish for cleaning. Rust does return after wearing the armor if you don't re-seal of course, but so far these products seem to be viable.
Sir William:
That's why God created squires. I had an idea back when we first started talking about an Order, or rather, when Sir Edward did, that maybe our 'squires' would be tasked with light duty assignments, sort of to put them in the 'mood', you know? Not take-home assignments per se, but while we're all together. Guess we'd need to do that bit first though, eh? :)
Sir Ulrich:
I want to age the appearance of my helms and sword so they look old like they're a family heirloom armor and weapons that was passed down. Also could be an excuse for having something from an older time period in a later one. We should have a tutorial on antiquing.
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