How do I speed up the oxidation process?

[Rkroelin]

Have a feeling to far a fetch from Podunk to get results by Wednesday.

Ah yeah,with the recession and all, they had to stop their podunk delivery service.

 

[justweldit]

spray pool acid on in differnt bottle spray bleach on while wet = rust right now (dont breathe the fumes)

 

[splitshot]

Well, the acid is probably a good start. The rebar is probably coated with slag from the mill, which will actually inhibibit rust. Work the salt water back and forth between wet and dry.

Good luck!

I think you are right on..No matter what I've thrown at it, the blued look, doesn't want to go away..

Gawd, plants will never grow in this spot for years..

 

[splitshot]

Whatdoyathink?

Christmas gift for the sister who likes funky stuff...

 

[murf]

That old rust bucket as a present?!?!







sweet - you did it! very rustic, matches the trunk

 

[Cantinero]

Sorry, wished I would have seen this earlier. We do a lot of patina and aging on different things in the scenic world, so I have had a chance to learn from some of the guys right out of hollywood. I had to do an old time speakeasy door one time on a set I was building for a comercial. I took a standard door, cut the slide panel in it and then began to spot weld different sized pieces of 16 ga. metal in a overlapping patchwork pattern which I then riveted to the door. I then used muratic acid to prep the metal and brushed that on and let sit for an hour or so while I went to the hobby store down the street. I bought a container of feric nitrate and mixed that up and applied it to the rinsed off metal. Within minutes I had rust and over the next few hours of applications I even had flakes. I then shot it with a clear coat and installed it into the door flat of the set. So the next time you want to get steel to rust up and look as though it were 20 yrs old in a matter of hours do this.

 

[splitshot]

Thanks Daryl, too bad you don't have a pic of that door, sounds like a cool project..