{"id":639071,"date":"2010-01-11T06:10:45","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T11:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds2.feedburner.com:\/\/6bb85a9ad3db9a54c39ae4d70bfc4e9e"},"modified":"2010-01-11T06:10:45","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T11:10:45","slug":"what-causes-rust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/639071","title":{"rendered":"What Causes Rust?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rust is a chemical reaction to&nbsp;&nbsp;the surfaces of iron and steel becoming damp.&nbsp;&nbsp;When iron and steel get wet, the surface reacts with oxygen in the air and the water (usually rainfall).&nbsp;&nbsp;An acid is then formed by dirt and dust mixing with the chemical reaction caused by dampness and this acid eats away at the steel and iron, thus creating rust.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blurtit.com\/var\/question\/q\/q2\/q29\/q292\/q2921\/q292135_7967_728_3719674011_536bb16e26.jpg?w=780\"\/><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blurtit.com\/css\/common\/cc.png?w=780\" style=\"vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;border:0;\" title=\"Creative Commons License\"\/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/37874256@N07\/\" >Justin March<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The best way to get rid of rust is to try and stop it from forming in the first place.&nbsp;&nbsp;To prevent rust iron or steel should be painted as soon as it looks a little tired and faded.&nbsp;&nbsp;This should be done by removing any grease from the surface with white spirit, then applying a metal primer and finally a gloss paint or one designed for steel or iron.<\/p>\n<p>If rust has formed then sand it down using sandpaper or a wire brush and then paint using the techniques indicated above.&nbsp;&nbsp;But prior to painting make sure all rust is removed.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Blurtit\/~4\/pIIVQPlDpjE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rust is a chemical reaction to&nbsp;&nbsp;the surfaces of iron and steel becoming damp.&nbsp;&nbsp;When iron and steel get wet, the surface reacts with oxygen in the air and the water (usually rainfall).&nbsp;&nbsp;An acid is then formed by dirt and dust mixing with the chemical reaction caused by dampness and this acid eats away at the steel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2GfB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}