"Dave Osborne" wrote in message
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Just use red oxide primer like the steel suppliers do.


I don't have any of the product but...AFAIK...
The active ingredient of the paint formerly used for rust protection of
steel was lead oxide and because the oxide of lead is red in colour the
product was called red oxide paint. You would know a tin of real lead
oxide paint because it is extreemly heavy compared to a similar sized tin of
ordinary paint. However I think the sale of real lead oxide paint has been
banned for many years because of the toxicity of lead oxide.

The safety data sheet on the product you listed doesn't mention lead at all,
so i take it there is no lead oxide in it, and the word lead doesn't appear
in the phrase 'Red Oxide Primer'.

Perhaps someone knows what the active rust protecting ingredient is?

Roger R