TO FOIL ELEMENTS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 152, 29 June 1945, Page 3

TO FOIL ELEMENTS

A CORROSION CHECK

NEW WAYS TO SAVE MILLIONS

WASHINGTON.

Military supplies and equipment can be salvaged without damage from sunken ships, or lie for weeks on island beachheads, or in jungle outposts, without the slightest damage from the elements, as the result of the corrosion control methods developed by the Air Technical Service Command, San Antonio, Texas.

This corrosion control programme expected to save the Government millions of dollars, preserves parts for airplanes from damage ,by the elements while en route to the war theatres. The programme provides for applications of many kinds of rustremoving solvents and coatings with rust preventives, in addition to paper and wax coatings. The treatment is designed to prevent all types of corrosion and fungus growth for at least 18 months under any type of climatic condition.

Even microscopic fingrerprint moisture contains enough acid to cause corrosion of highly polished surfaces, such as engine and precision parts. Special solvents applied bv pressure, or with a small brush, eliminate the acid that in the past has caused great losses by rendering valuable supplies useless.