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| AdeV:
Well, there was a blob of rustyness in one of the holes today... I guess it's working, then, just slower than I'd hoped... :coffee: I've refreshed the acid, will leave it another day, repeat until done... |
| AdeV:
A quick update: After leaving it a couple more days, there's more rusty snot appearing - this time out of both 'oles. Conclusion: The taps are dying! Slowly.... it has to be said, but shurely. Hopefully there'll be enough aluminium left at the end of the process to take a thread! |
| raynerd:
AdeV - chemically it shouldn`t, but is the ally being affected? |
| AdeV:
--- Quote from: craynerd on August 05, 2010, 01:31:12 PM ---AdeV - chemically it shouldn`t, but is the ally being affected? --- End quote --- It's taken on a bleached appearance where the acid's been around... apparently concentrated nitric creates a protective oxide layer on ali (wheras dilute nitric will, in fact, dissolve it! Thanks to Ralph for that heads up...!). I don't think it's going to cause a problem for my purposes, but I'm definitely glad I've got some excess material to mill off the top... |
| raynerd:
Nice one, didn`t know that and think maybe I should have :whip: |
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