metal finishing

Polished Stainless Steel Wethervanes

ERIC12345 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:54:01 -0500

Boogie boarderSurfer weathervaneHi to you all at artmetal am new too posting and relatively new to metal sculpture. There is some great work on this site and what I do is amateur at best.With more knowledge and experience I hope it can leed to bigger and better.You have to start somewhere. The weather vanes are related to watersport images(windsurfing,kitesurfing,surfing images) done in a silhouette using sheet1.2mm,3mm up to 10mm rod all polished to good as I can get. Currently using 316 as the material is alredy in shed but as I replace this I was wandering if I could use 304? I am also wandering what finish to order the material as I am aware various finishes are avilable?The main aim is to keep the costs down.I am aiming on a high level on my polished finish.Nothing like the reflection of the sun being cast across the yard as the vane spins in the sun.

Metal Finishes

Patrick Ferrell — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:36:28 -0500

I am trying to solve a problem. Ferrous steel that I am wanting to color and protect at a coastal location. So far I've used powder coating , which is rusting thru in a matter of four months. The other piece I used colored dyes and finished it with Perma Lac a clear coat product.

Finish for steel wire...

mrglass2626 — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:35:16 -0500

Hello all,

Talking about galvanized steel again, coat-hanger width/gauge, - any ideas on how to clean it up after it has been worked on (soldered) - Looking to remove oxidation and generally clean the metal.

Simple tumbler from a recyled paint stirrer

Gene Olson — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:37:28 -0600

This is one of the tumblers I use.

I got the idea from Barb, the owner of a hardware company in New England.

She told about having set up a whole wall of these running off one motor.