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best way to clean rod iron?

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Tiki Chris posted on 11/18/2003

just wondering if anybody out there has tips on cleaning rod iron (what kind of cleaner?).

thanks,
chris

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thebaxdog posted on 11/18/2003

wrought iron, rot iron
http://doityourself.com/clean/wroughtiron.htm
http://www.growinglifestyle.com/h/improve/iron/
http://www.growinglifestyle.com/h/improve/iron/


Have no brakes
Cannot stop
Mahalo to you
Baxdog
What the hell is wrong with everyone

[ Edited by: thebaxdog on 2003-11-18 07:10 ]

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Tiki Chris posted on 11/18/2003

duh (me) & thanks (you).

[ Edited by: Tiki Chris on 2003-11-18 07:16 ]

JD
Johnny Dollar posted on 11/18/2003

Altho "Rod Iron" would make a good porno name...


[ Edited by: Johnny Dollar on 2003-11-18 13:12 ]

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suicide_sam posted on 11/18/2003

On 2003-11-18 06:34, Tiki Chris wrote:
anybody out there has tips on cleaning rod iron

Only tip I can give ya is not to do it to often, you'll go blind!

PJ
purple jade posted on 11/18/2003

To paraphrase a punch line...
"It's my rod iron and I'll clean it as fast as I want to."

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thebaxdog posted on 11/19/2003

Or is it
Do you wanna see my Iron Rod?
Or my Rod rot?
Or my Wrought whiler?
Or my rotting wrought iron

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woofmutt posted on 11/19/2003

As it turns out, wrought iron isn't made in the USofA anymore...

http://www.artmetal.com/project/NOMMA/WROUGHT.HTM

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freddiefreelance posted on 11/19/2003

Yes, you can find rod iron in the US (I know a blacksmith who still works it), but you're probably going to have to either have the raw material shipped in or make it yourself (see Lindsay Books).

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Tiki Chris posted on 11/20/2003

okay, so now i'm really confused.

anyway, i cleaned some (w)ro(ugh)/d/t iron bar stools today & must say that very fine grade steel wool & some stuff called naval jelly (smelled more like navel jelly!) really did the trick!

based on some advice from a friend, i cleaned the vinyl seats of the stools w/ pumace-based hand cleaner. this stuff worked like a charm, especially removing 50 years worth of nicotine stains from the seats!

these stools look brand new!

JD
Johnny Dollar posted on 11/20/2003

we know it's embarrasing to have a stain on your seat, not to mention rusty stools and navel jelly.

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Tiki Chris posted on 11/20/2003

On 2003-11-19 17:12, Johnny Dollar wrote:
we know it's embarrasing to have a stain on your seat ...

especially 50 year old nicotine stains! am i in bad shape or what?

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Tiki Rider posted on 11/20/2003

On 2003-11-18 11:46, purple jade wrote:
To paraphrase a punch line...
"It's my rod iron and I'll clean it as fast as I want to."

or as slow as I want to...

JD
Johnny Dollar posted on 11/20/2003

On 2003-11-19 17:37, Tiki Chris wrote:

On 2003-11-19 17:12, Johnny Dollar wrote:
we know it's embarrasing to have a stain on your seat ...

especially 50 year old nicotine stains! am i in bad shape or what?

:) yer a good sport :)

TC
Tiki Chris posted on 11/20/2003

[i]On 2003-11-20 06:02, Johnny Dollar wrote:
:) yer a good sport :)

i jus' wanna clean my rod, is that so wrong?

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Shipwreckjoey posted on 11/22/2003

We only have one way of dealing with this kind of thing in the shipyard - sandblast it, primer it and paint it.

[ Edited by: Shipwreckjoey on 2003-11-21 19:56 ]

[ Edited by: Shipwreckjoey on 2003-11-21 19:57 ]

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freddiefreelance posted on 11/22/2003

On 2003-11-21 19:47, Shipwreckjoey wrote:
We only have one way of dealing with this kind of thing in the shipyard - sandblast it, primer it and paint it.

[ Edited by: Shipwreckjoey on 2003-11-21 19:56 ]

[ Edited by: Shipwreckjoey on 2003-11-21 19:57 ]

Why do the call you shipwerckjoey & not ship-FIX-joey?

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Shipwreckjoey posted on 11/22/2003

I agree. I've fixed more than I've broken...now cars are a different story.

GT
Geeky Tiki posted on 11/22/2003

Female saliva works well on my rod iron.

You can also try to borrow someone's Vermillion Pavillion and try dipping your rod iron in it.

Sorry. Steel wool is the key, then you can even lightly oil it after to keep it fresh.

Maybe a Dremmel with a wire brush would be fastest, never tried it, though.

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