Re: MtMan-List: Tinning/"Oakum"

[John Kramer <kramer@kramerize.com>]

At 08:06 AM 10/30/98 -0800, you wrote:
>David,
...
 The steel wool that I have used in the past works
>but it picks up quit a bit of the tinning agent which is thus lost or hard to
>recover. I remain....
>
>YMOS
>Capt. Lahti'
>

If Oakum is used as the wiper it should be fairly easy to recover any excess
tin held in the fibers by burning off the hemp under high heat.  Separating
iron from tin when used with steel wool would be much more difficult.

John...

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