Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1892 — Iron Pipes and Rusting. [ARTICLE]

Iron Pipes and Rusting.

A simple and economical way of tarring sliool iron pipes, tokeep them from rusting, is as follows: The sections as imnlo should be coated with ti coal tar and then filled with light wood shavings, and tlio latter set on tiro. It is declared that tlie effect of this troutmont will bo to render tlie i/on practically proof against rust for an indefinite period, rendering future pain ing unnecessary, in proof of tliis assertion, the writer cites tho example of a chimney of sheet iron erected in lHliti, and which, through being treated us lie describes, is us bright and sound to-day as when erected, though it bus never lmd a brushful of paint applied to it since. It is suggested that by strongly heuting the iron after the tar is laid on tlio outside, tlie latter is literally burned into the metal, closing the pores and rendering it rust proof in a far more complete manner than if tho tur itself was first made hot and applied to cold iron, according to the usual practice. it is important, of course, that the iron should not lie made too but, or kept too hot for too long a time, lest the tur should be burned off’. Hence tho direction for the use of light shill ings iusteud of uny other means of heating.—[Scientific American.