Most metal rusts. If it contains even a small amount of iron, metal will oxidize when exposed to air and moisture. Oxidation on iron and steel is easy to spot by its reddish brown color and its ...

Q: My metal patio chairs are starting to chip and rust. Will I get good results if I touch them up with exterior latex paint I have left over from another project? If not, what’s the best paint for ...

We are all familiar with rust, that powdery-to-flaky brownish-red substance which eventually appears on most metal objects exposed to the elements. Rust is formed as a byproduct of a chemical reaction ...

Step 1: For pieces that are heavily rusted, start the night before by submerging your metal completely in a tub or basin of ...

Now that spring is here, you may want to give your home a fresh coat of paint. You probably know how to properly paint a wall, but there are many other surfaces you're going to encounter around the ...

Electric fields can mobilize non-ionic particles to coat metal surfaces. Polymer chemists at Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan invented a novel and simple coating process to color metals, ...