Passivation of Stainless Steel
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Passivation of Stainless Steel
I loath rust.
None of the local vendors which offer passivation services are bio-med and not interested in doing one part - they want bulk.
Curious if anyone on here has found a good, Swain/Jet Hot-esque resource for the process?
-Zach
None of the local vendors which offer passivation services are bio-med and not interested in doing one part - they want bulk.
Curious if anyone on here has found a good, Swain/Jet Hot-esque resource for the process?
-Zach
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Ok,You clamp a SS rod in the positive side of a 12v JUMP BOX( you know the kind you use on your car),clamp the Neg. to the part you wish to treat.Wrap the rod in a shop towel and dip it in to industrial strength Phosphoric acid.Wipe the rag/Rod/acid combo on the area until the HAZ is an even color.Passivated.You can adapt this technique to your application,i.e. suswpend your parts from wires in a bath of acid.2 points...1. everything that contacts th bath must be Stainless steel,2.DO NOT allow the the electrodes to directly contact each other.
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Ok,You clamp a SS rod in the positive side of a 12v JUMP BOX( you know the kind you use on your car),clamp the Neg. to the part you wish to treat.Wrap the rod in a shop towel and dip it in to industrial strength Phosphoric acid.Wipe the rag/Rod/acid combo on the area until the HAZ is an even color.Passivated.You can adapt this technique to your application,i.e. suswpend your parts from wires in a bath of acid.2 points...1. everything that contacts th bath must be Stainless steel,2.DO NOT allow the the electrodes to directly contact each other.
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My girlfriends since banned me from any chemistry experiments within the confines of our apartment.
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If I wasn't planning on moving in the near future I'd buy a house to resolve issues like this.
I might, for the time being, scrub it down with a nylon pad and brush some food grade citric acid or a cleaner containing oxalic acid and see how that holds
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I ended up just hosing it down with some CitriSurf 77 after scrubbing with a ScotchBrite pad - we'll see how it holds.
The care won't being seeing any salty NE roads nor many wet/rainy days so I'm holding out hope that it will be enough to prevent surface rust.
-Zach
The care won't being seeing any salty NE roads nor many wet/rainy days so I'm holding out hope that it will be enough to prevent surface rust.
-Zach
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