On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:57:59 -0500,
wrote:

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:15:03 -0800, "Jerry J. Wass"
wrote:

It was used as a pigment for paint--like powdered aluminum, only offering a
modicun
of corrosion protection

" wrote:

What was the zinc used for in a paint store?
What would one use it for otherwise?
Casting pot metal?

Isn't there a sort of Rocket Fuel made from zinc powder and sulphur?

Zinc dust and sulfur. It was the standard propellant back in the
'basement bomber' days.

The instructions for building a fueling station (at the launch site)
involved lots of sand bags.

--RC

On 24 Nov 2004 09:10:13 -0800, (CrazyVern) wrote:

||Hi Group,
||I have a lot of powdered zinc if anyone here is interested. I figured
||I would offer to the group before I tried to sell it. It is in
||plastic bags inside of metal cans. Each can weighs about 90 lbs. If
||interested you have to pickup at my shop and take at least one can. I
||have 20 cans. It was part of a take it all or nothing deal of a
||closed paint store.
||
||I am also open to any good suggestions.
||
||If interested email me and we can work out a time to pickup.
||
||Thanks,
||Vernon Phillips


Texas Parts Guy

Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine?