Is Evapo Rust safe for cleaning keris?

A. G. Maisey · 11th November 2013, 11:54 AM

Yeah, this is what happens when you are bound by law to try to produce the biggest possible profit for your shareholders. This takeover by foreign companies of Australian --- and I guess businesses in other countries --- usually seems to go in more or less the same way:- they take a good company with a good product and set out to totally destroy both the product and the company. Seems like insanity to me. But what would I know?

GIO · 17th November 2013, 05:41 PM

Jean, I suppose that your Panjang keris is that of which you spoke to me last Thursday in Milano. Really a very nice piece, and my compliments for the restoration.

Jean · 17th November 2013, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GIO

Jean, I suppose that your Panjang keris is that of which you spoke to me last Thursday in Milano. Really a very nice piece, and my compliments for the restoration.

Hello Gio,
Thank you. This is my eldest panjang kris blade, I did not really restore it but just cleaned it in pure vinegar (8-10 % acetic acid) for about 24 hours with 2 intermediate scrubbings; there are some small pits left but they were present before cleaning.
I attach the pics of another panjang blade before and after cleaning it in vinegar, with the same procedure and a very good result also.
By the way and contrary to diluted mineral acids (hydrochoric, sulphuric, nitric, etc), vinegar is a too weak acid for attacking the bare metal in case anybody has doubts about it.

Regards

David · 17th November 2013, 08:19 PM

Nice job Jean. I might give vinegar a try next time i do a cleaning. I noted that Alan stated he has switched to vinegar since they stopped having good pineapple juice in Australia for the purpose.

11th November 2013, 11:54 AM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,056	Yeah, this is what happens when you are bound by law to try to produce the biggest possible profit for your shareholders. This takeover by foreign companies of Australian --- and I guess businesses in other countries --- usually seems to go in more or less the same way:- they take a good company with a good product and set out to totally destroy both the product and the company. Seems like insanity to me. But what would I know?

17th November 2013, 05:41 PM	#2
GIO Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 330	Jean, I suppose that your Panjang keris is that of which you spoke to me last Thursday in Milano. Really a very nice piece, and my compliments for the restoration.

17th November 2013, 08:19 PM	#4
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,237	Nice job Jean. I might give vinegar a try next time i do a cleaning. I noted that Alan stated he has switched to vinegar since they stopped having good pineapple juice in Australia for the purpose.