[AfromOz]

I purchased a fairly pure chunk of iron and some surfaces are pretty shiny whilst others need a deblacking.

Searching the net brings up some household hints.... for irons and other rubbish.

Am thinking of some strong alkali and then storage in an airtight container with a silicate sack to get the water out of the way.

Ideas?

Cheers,

Adam

[billnotgatez]

I have heard of abrading the surface to get a nice shiny polish.

[enahs]

It would probably be the most cost efficent and easiest to just polish it. You can get a steel polishing bit set that will fit in any basic cheap drill.

That of course, has nothing to do with chemistry.

[billnotgatez]

enahs-
did we just say the same thing

[enahs]

enahs-
did we just say the same thing

You must forgive me, I do not know how to read or write! 

[billnotgatez]

you are tooo good - i yeild

[AfromOz]

Thanks guys.

When you say, "polish" what exactly do you mean? Do I use any chemicals or just go abrasive?

Cheers,

Adam

[Borek]

They mean abrasive.

Do you know what is purity of your iron?

[AfromOz]

Thanks. Just had a heavy scour and the dark bit won't shine up.

Will hand it to the tech boys at work.

It's pretty impure at a minimum of 98.28% Fe.

But will do as a sample for the kids

Cheers,

Adam

[Borek]

Go for a sandpaper

[neothepoison]

Listen Man . I m student of of P.G.  When  I want 2 clean my iron foil... I use mixture of HCl  + HNO3  ... Put your Iron in this mixture . It will give u Shining. It removes Fe2O3..