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Posted by Ol Chief on December 07, 2004 at 18:01:05 from (63.246.191.195):
In Reply to: Re: A story to read ..... posted by Sloroll on December 07, 2004 at 12:40:37:
I would like to add just a little seagoing lore to this even though I never read the book or story.I spent most of my adult life at sea.So have had some personal experience with Rustoleum and also with fish oil.In the 1940 s,50 s and possibly later Rustoleum was still apparently use ing more of the original formula which ( I believe contained more fish oil than the present type paint uses).I am saying this because the older paint would soak into rust and then a lot of paint and rust would fall off.Thus requiring another and the several more coats until all of the rust was removed.At that point the Rustoleum would stay put.That type paint was used to remove rust and at the same time provide a color as well as preservative.The properties of pure fish oils are such that they leach into rust and cause it to fall away down to the oils deepest saturation point.I have seen rock hard scale an inch and more in thickness scraped up with a shovel after a 5 to 7 day soaking with straight fish oil.This might be called OLD Technology.This practice however is used less and less on ships today because of more use of sandblasting and use of exotic coating which will last possibly five and maybe up to ten years in salt water exposure.As a result,true fish oil has become increasingly more difficult to obtain.Though I spent lots of time at sea ,I mostly sailed in winter months and to a great extent farmed in summer because the climate in my native state made it possible.Sorry to be so windy.Ol Chief
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