G'day Folks,
I was a keen believer in the molasses bath until I read some unsubstantiated stuff on how the process alters the metallurgy (surface metallurgy? ) of the steel. Read something about it being death to case hardened steels and even about it altering the tensile strength and weldability of mild steel. Come to think of it I may have read it on this forum somewhere.
I tried to find substantiated information on the subject but couldn't find anything of value. I've stopped using it until I can find out more- which is a pity because it works so well as a rust remover.
I'm prepared to accept that it might (might ) be a problem given that phosphoric acid and etching primers shouldn't be used on spring steel for this reason.
Is anyone able to shed some light on this one
Cheers,
