Winterschlacht im Osten corrosion
Hello everyone!
After determining the corrosion on my ASA (my previous post) as zinc rot, I started looking for signs of it on my other zinc badges. At the moment, I found them on three WiO medals, but I'm not sure. Therefore, I am asking for help whether they are infected with zinc rot. I will conserve infected pieces with vaseline.
Kind regards
Yeah there might be some rot on there.
Even if it didnt come in contact with other zinc rot I would cover it in vaseline or Petroleum jelly as a preventative.
Nice name aswell Dovah-Kiin!
As I understand it, it has more to do with the conditions in which the items are stored (i.e: too humid), rather than simply contact between them.
Galvanized items ( I'm talking about general items ) can suffer "wet storage staining" or white corrosion if they contact each other AND they are in a damp environment like say, a hessian sack.by Kohima
We had that problem with galvanized shackles and bolts left out in the rain so I suppose it also works for small items like medals....
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
Thanks a lot for Your reply!
I will do as You say. Anyway, I have a few questions; is there possibility of silvering damage during process? Do I have to somehow wipe out the pest before conservation?
Kind regards
PS
Thank You for kind words about my nick - glad to meet someone here who knows what I meant
It may darken the badge just a tinge but I dont think it would damage any silvering on there better than letting the pest grow in any case.
Most I would use is a very soft toothbrush if any to take off any zinc pest but I wouldn't mess with it on this example.
I've seen some people use Gun oil aswell to slow down zinc pest aswell.
Here is an older thread regarding zinc pest on a Silver APB
Zinc pest ......... Help !!!!!!
what about RenWax?
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