On Sep 19, 10:08*pm, Jay Pique wrote:
On Sep 19, 9:23*pm, Tom Veatch wrote:



But, I don't think it was moisture the guy with the blowtorch was
after. Like another poster surmised, it was probably mill oil he was
burning off.

Now that's interesting. *The whole story is this. *One of our guys and
a metalworker built a table for a client. *It's made from pieces of
hot-rolled steel that had further been cold bent into curves. *They
welded together the parts, sanded it and then applied a coat of
beeswax. *And it rusted. *So now the metalworker thinks that if he
heats the steel really well it will evaporate trapped moisture and
then they'll seal it out with beeswax. *(I know, I know....) *In any
event, since it sounds like it's not moisture they're burning off
anyhow, the whole question of whether a kiln would work is pretty much
moot. *(Obviously wouldn't be hot enough to burn off oil, either.)

Now for the real question - how do we prevent this table and chairs
from rusting? *Not much response from the metalworkers grumble.

JP

Not much response from the metalworkers because they're laughing too
hard about the moisture "trapped" in the steel.

Paint it.

John Martin