Re: Rust

Brian Holm (peugeots@plainfield.bypass.com)
Fri, 28 May 1999 12:31:37 -0400

Heating steel, rusty or not, makes it more prone to future rust. You want
to be sure to protect any welded metal quickly and permanently, or you may
find the metal deeply rusted next to the weld.

Brian Holm

At 01:44 AM 5/27/1999 EDT, RSeidel908@aol.com wrote:
>I have what may be a silly question, sparked by the recent dialog about rust.
>I've wondered about this for years, but never been able to do the experiment.
>What happens to rusty metal if a torch is taken to it, heated to the melting
>point, then cools into what? Okay metal, no longer rusty?
>Assuming there is less metal in said spot to begin with BECAUSE of the rust,
>can brazing material be added to the heated spot(s) to compensate?
>Not have a torch, I don't know the answer, but curious if anyone knows. No
>rust on my Peugeot 405, but the Jeep has spots of body cancer.
>-Ray S.
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