04-07-2009, 12:34 AM
I did mine this way, and had no trouble with anything.
:!: Do this outdoors and you shouldn't have to worry about the zinc fumes. They are lethally toxic in high concentrations. Not a joke. Welders and blacksmiths have died from breathing the zinc smoke from galvanized pipe and other metal. :!:
First, I bought two gallons of regular white vinegar at the grocery.
Second, I put the hamata in a 5 gallon bucket, clean.
Third, I agitated the bucket some a couple of times over two days.
When the bubbles stopped coming off the metal, the zinc was removed.
Wash in clear water.
Vinegar (or at least the acid in it) will have changed into some kind of zinc salt and water. I knew this from chemistry in school, not by tasting. What you do to discard this solution is probably better left unsaid.
:!: Do this outdoors and you shouldn't have to worry about the zinc fumes. They are lethally toxic in high concentrations. Not a joke. Welders and blacksmiths have died from breathing the zinc smoke from galvanized pipe and other metal. :!:
First, I bought two gallons of regular white vinegar at the grocery.
Second, I put the hamata in a 5 gallon bucket, clean.
Third, I agitated the bucket some a couple of times over two days.
When the bubbles stopped coming off the metal, the zinc was removed.
Wash in clear water.
Vinegar (or at least the acid in it) will have changed into some kind of zinc salt and water. I knew this from chemistry in school, not by tasting. What you do to discard this solution is probably better left unsaid.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
