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Kept forgetting to take the camera out when I would be throwing a batch of galvanized hardware, pipe ends or fitting in to remove the plating before welding etc. with no worries of everything with in fuming distance, Starting to rust and no disposal problems. When using Muratic acid it will rust any ferrous material,the fumes come in contact with. Can really cause havoc in the shop if you don't tighten the cap and store it outside in a plastic bucket with cover.
I had bought two of these 1 1/2 gallon bottles over a year ago just cracked the last one for this job.
Along with the washers and nuts bulk hardware @Tractors supply $1.99/pound. Eye Bolts are Stanley brand.
Placed them in a plastic coffee can with lid @ 11:30am shook it a couple times when walking by and around 3:30pm they were down. 4hours and done rinse and then dry off and you are ready to go.
You can see were the vinegar didn't get to there are couple of plated patches but they won't cause a problem, same as the shiny on the threads were the nuts were.
Now it does take longer, and depending on the quality of the and the type of the plating. Cold galvanizing, Hot dipped or one of the assorted combination processes. Will all effect the length of time it takes to remove the zinc plating.
But it does make it easier to weld the materials with out the problem of the zinc boiling off and since it is a cumulative effect on ones body.
By the way it will also remove most mill scale, and fire scale too from steel.
The choice of vinegar, better known as Acetic Acid, glacial acetic acid and a few more. It also comes in crystals by the other names in assorted percentage's for 3% to 80%
It is safe for kids, pets and wildlife, plus the disposal of it doesn't cause other problems like the acids etc.
The boiling temperature of zinc is less than the melting temperature of iron. In order to weld, you melt the iron. Any zinc on the iron will then boil off. The zinc condenses in the atmosphere into a 'smoke' and oxidizes. Nice small particles. You then breathe them in and they sit in your mouth,windpipe, lungs, ...
Some people are not (or claim not to be) affected by it. Others get "zinc fume flu" -- basically you get flu symptoms for a short while and feel really bad but it passes and you are fine (maybe).
A few people are profoundly affected by it.
You won't know which you are until it happens.
You also can grind it off from the areas you will be welding. You should do so, while wearing an appropriate rated respirator, Not just the big box dust masks that are often missed used for the wrong materials.
But that's another post!
I had bought two of these 1 1/2 gallon bottles over a year ago just cracked the last one for this job.
Along with the washers and nuts bulk hardware @Tractors supply $1.99/pound. Eye Bolts are Stanley brand.
Placed them in a plastic coffee can with lid @ 11:30am shook it a couple times when walking by and around 3:30pm they were down. 4hours and done rinse and then dry off and you are ready to go.
You can see were the vinegar didn't get to there are couple of plated patches but they won't cause a problem, same as the shiny on the threads were the nuts were.
Now it does take longer, and depending on the quality of the and the type of the plating. Cold galvanizing, Hot dipped or one of the assorted combination processes. Will all effect the length of time it takes to remove the zinc plating.
But it does make it easier to weld the materials with out the problem of the zinc boiling off and since it is a cumulative effect on ones body.
By the way it will also remove most mill scale, and fire scale too from steel.
The choice of vinegar, better known as Acetic Acid, glacial acetic acid and a few more. It also comes in crystals by the other names in assorted percentage's for 3% to 80%
It is safe for kids, pets and wildlife, plus the disposal of it doesn't cause other problems like the acids etc.
The boiling temperature of zinc is less than the melting temperature of iron. In order to weld, you melt the iron. Any zinc on the iron will then boil off. The zinc condenses in the atmosphere into a 'smoke' and oxidizes. Nice small particles. You then breathe them in and they sit in your mouth,windpipe, lungs, ...
Some people are not (or claim not to be) affected by it. Others get "zinc fume flu" -- basically you get flu symptoms for a short while and feel really bad but it passes and you are fine (maybe).
A few people are profoundly affected by it.
You won't know which you are until it happens.
You also can grind it off from the areas you will be welding. You should do so, while wearing an appropriate rated respirator, Not just the big box dust masks that are often missed used for the wrong materials.
But that's another post!
