----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavin Broad" <invest@portsmouth-mann.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 2:51 AM
Subject: [MV] Lead-fill body work.
Gav,
>
> If one uses lead to fill tiny rust holes in a panel, will the lead
> enclosure prevent further corrosion of the steel underneath?
>
Unlikely.
> If no, what's the treatment and preparation?
>
Shot-blast or otherwise remove material back to virgin metal. It will
surely continue to corrode and likely exfoliate if you don't.
Rust is just a tiny short circuit battery formed by a speck of impurity in
the steel, add any electrolyte, water will do, and you have it eating away
by electrolysis:
Fe (steel) + H2O (water) = FeO2 (steel oxide, rust) + H2 (free hydrogen).
Richard
Southampton - England
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