[meteorite-list] Rusting Nantans
From: James_TOM Knudson <peregrineflier_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:24 2004 Message-ID: <F125HXT9WJGY2gUf3YP0001f6df_at_hotmail.com> <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P><BR><BR></P> <DIV> <DIV></DIV> <P>I have a Nantan. I wish I did not! It is 150 or so grams and is rust thru & thru..... Are they all like this? I bought it to try my hand at etching. Ya right!<BR>Thanks, Tom</P></DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>From: "Waldron Cluett" <WALDRONCLUETT_at_MSN.COM> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>To: <METEORITE-LIST_at_METEORITECENTRAL.COM> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Subject: [meteorite-list] Rusting Nantans <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:30:35 -0500 <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>I read Anne Blacks dilema with her Nantan and had a similar experience with a 2 pounder...crumbling and oozing and rusting. <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>I soaked the fragments in naval jelly ...available at the local hardware store... for about an hour, rinsed them off with alcohol and a tooth brush...let them dry overnight ... then lightly waxed them an polished with paper towel. <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>They have held up well, and the kids who visit our shop are thrilled to get a fragment for $2-4 dollars _at_ .50 cents a gram in a round plastic container with a card...If they still are leaking, I take the advise of another list member and soak the specimen in denatured alcohol for a week to eliminate the chemical action and then lightly wax, and polish... <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>The smaller fragments are also saved and put in little tubes and sold for $2.00 as "Stardust"...the only problem is we have too much Nantan stardust... <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Our motto..."No Nantan will go unsold" <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>'Hope this will encourage some to experiment with their irons... <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Wally Cluett IMCA 9746 <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Toad Hollow Gallery & Handcrafted Jewelry <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>2517 Wakefield Road (Rte. 153) <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Wakefield, NH 03872 (603)522-6529 <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>visit us on line at: http://groups.msn.com/ToadHollowHappenings Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: <a href='http://g.msn.com/1HM1ENUS/c156??PI=44364'>Click Here</a><br></html> Received on Wed 28 Aug 2002 09:39:40 PM PDT |
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