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Jewellery => Metal and wire => Topic started by: fionaess on October 09, 2013, 07:07:11 PM

Title: Fire scale - Stainless Steel
Post by: fionaess on October 09, 2013, 07:07:11 PM
Just wondered how I get fire scale off stainless steel please.
Title: Re: Fire scale - Stainless Steel
Post by: mizgeorge on October 09, 2013, 07:40:04 PM
Difficult one. The traditional method is a nitric acid based pickle - and you really, really don't want that in the house.

The simple answer is to just polish back.
Title: Re: Fire scale - Stainless Steel
Post by: fionaess on October 09, 2013, 08:17:32 PM
Yes, I had read about the nasty pickle - so I will polish :)
Thanks George