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#16 PostAuthor: coldsummer » Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:43 pm

lude wrote:and from todays BBC 7 day quiz,
CORRECT! It's aluminium foil. A cheap way to remove rust from steel is to rub it with aluminium foil dipped in water

The Aluminium oxides and the rust reduces to iron.

They use rust and fine aluminum powder to weld railway lines together.
The rust turns to liquid iron joining the ends together !

So try dangling some bacofoil in your tank.


I think only a gynaecologist would stand any chance of using that method :roll:

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#17 PostAuthor: jimmock » Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:23 pm

coldsummer wrote:
lude wrote:and from todays BBC 7 day quiz,
CORRECT! It's aluminium foil. A cheap way to remove rust from steel is to rub it with aluminium foil dipped in water

The Aluminium oxides and the rust reduces to iron.

They use rust and fine aluminum powder to weld railway lines together.
The rust turns to liquid iron joining the ends together !

So try dangling some bacofoil in your tank.


I think only a gynaecologist would stand any chance of using that method :roll:


I didn't know that rail track welders were called gynaecologists??

I'm confused again???


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#18 PostAuthor: hillbilly » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:41 pm

iron mixed with ali is called,thermite,and will burn through anything,and cant be stopped once lit.ive used it before to cut things in half. :wink:
ile not be going that way,im trying the coka cola in tank first.
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#19 PostAuthor: Pigford » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:14 pm

hillbilly wrote:iron mixed with ali is called,thermite,and will burn through anything,and cant be stopped once lit.ive used it before to cut things in half. :wink:
ile not be going that way,im trying the coka cola in tank first.


I thought that was magnesium? Remember nicking some magnesium ribbon from the school science lesson - and taking it home (with some matches) to mess about with - still have the scars today :??

Nearly as bad as a burning plastic bottle - with the flaming drips falling down making "whizzy" noises - and sticking to your shoes whilst still alight :shock:
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#20 PostAuthor: hillbilly » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:14 pm

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#21 PostAuthor: Keefleaf » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:32 am

If my kids ask for a Hampster I'll just have to say NO. Too risky.


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