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DAVID DRAKE on techdiver writes:


> I got an idea.  I collect a lot of pretty rocks with my wife along the
> Great Lakes shoreline.  <have an ear of corn on me>
>
> In order to get that wet look on fossilized rocks, we bought a can
> of sray lacquer.  It puts a real nice protective layer on there that you
> can see through.  I think that tank rust would immediately
> be visible.  As far as the flexing of the tank between when its hot-full/
> cold-empty, I don't know how the layer would hold up.  I only use it on
> small stable objects.

Do we really have to collect rocks like this!!??  These tell a story!
Only a trained, professional geologist should be touching these
artifacts of time!  This is an enormous responsibility!

> I have a big chunk of the Berlin Wall that had deteriorating spray
> paint on it.

An historical landmark!!!  We should confiscate all these and put them
in museums!!!

Christina

(Sorry, folks, I couldn't resist ;-) )

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