It's called hot dip galvanizing. It has been around a long time, it is
inexpensive and works very, very well.
Steve

"John Martin" wrote in message
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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