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What is a radiator made out of???
Fred Rappuhn
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I have power washed CI rads before and the next day you will see a surface rust.
I have this one rad.didn't rust at all, even after taking down to bare metal, and after sitting out doors all summer long.
The metal looked a dark metallic gold like color. Did they ever make rad. out of different metals than CI?
I am thinking bronze????? Or am I nuts???
I have this one rad.didn't rust at all, even after taking down to bare metal, and after sitting out doors all summer long.
The metal looked a dark metallic gold like color. Did they ever make rad. out of different metals than CI?
I am thinking bronze????? Or am I nuts???
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Bronze?
Try putting a magnet on it and see if it sticks. Never heard of a bronze radiator, but I guess anything is possible?0 -
Just good paint
If a magnet does not stick it is bronze. I think the old bronze paint simply did not get washed off.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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passed the magnet test
Passed the magnet test!!
Magnet stuck, just must have been real good paint, took off many layers old paint but this wouldn't come off. So I thought I was down to bare metal!!
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is THIS your Grandpa's radiator???
Little known fact, there are 4 different grades of cast iron. In the GOOD ol' days, when iron pipe was first making its debut, there was a pipe which was used in closed loop heating systems that was considered nearly indestructable. It was called mallable iron.
I suspect you've found a mallable iron radiator!
http://info.lu.farmingdale.edu/depts/met/met205/castiron.html
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Good stuff
Well, house was build in 1917, some of these rads had so much paint that the detail was a pleasant surprise after power washing.
So of the new CI after you power wash, you can have a coffee and watch the rust appear!!0
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