Strange, that
We have this partially wrought iron bench. It had turned green from age, I suppose it’s rust. Earlier this year, I tried to get it back to it’s original color. Despite a lot of effort, I didn’t make much progress. Then, the other day, the kids had an epic silly string battle. Some collateral damage to the bench:
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See how it’s clean where the silly string landed? So, silly string can restore iron. Who knew?
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:51 am
You know, people pay good money to get verdigris like that.
August 23rd, 2010 at 10:00 am
see, i knew there was a term for it i couldn’t remember. In other news, i guess it’s not iron.
August 23rd, 2010 at 10:32 am
It’s probably Copper washed Cast Iron or Cast Steel. Solid Copper would be way too expensive. My grandmother has that exact same bench, and I’ve seen several others around. Most people think the green patina is desirable. The weak spot is the unfinished wood which will dry out and crack. I’d worry about that more than the patina, which will protect the metal from further oxidation.
August 23rd, 2010 at 10:36 am
I thought being green was the in thing these days.
August 23rd, 2010 at 12:18 pm
I think Matt nailed it.
So Silly String dissolves verdigris. I wonder if it would remove copper deposits from a bore.
August 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Is it possibly bronze?
August 23rd, 2010 at 1:23 pm
hoppe’s 9 brand silly string. That would be a second military use of silly string.
What is the opposite of “defense reutilization”?
August 23rd, 2010 at 1:51 pm
“Tactical.”
August 23rd, 2010 at 5:51 pm
If they can do that with Silly String, what unknown wonders can Silly Putty perform? Other than copying comics from newspapers, and bouncing.
August 23rd, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Well, it’s not fully wrought iron. 😉
August 24th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
mikee,
Silly String != Silly Putty
August 25th, 2010 at 1:30 am
C-4 = ‘splodey putty?