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My Rusted Root Sweater is DONE! So cute. :) Check out my yarn, alterations & thoughts at knitsabeautifullife.com/blog/?p=44
iP6s with Camera+ 2 set to macro. Touched with Snapseed.
So, rust is cancer to all metal. If you catch it in time, you can remove the small bits of rust, cancer, and treat the metal, eradicating the cancerous rust, leaving the steel strong as was intended. Ignore it and it will destroy even the strongest metal. This is a piece of 1/8” steel I removed from a large section of 1/2” plate. This was the underside of the plate. I saw it and knew immediately what the problem was. You can cover it up and make it look pretty, but the cancer is still there eating up the steel. As I informed my customer, that piece and others like it, cannot be recovered. It’s beyond hope and will need to be replaced with new steel.
Posted in response to Bill Wight's identical subject (but much better framing). It's funny that we both were drawn to this independently amidst all of the other possibilities that morning.