"bleeding" nails

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Ospho can generally be found at an auto parts store. I'm currently using an off brand called Purple Power. My only caution would be to test it on the surrounding surface. It will damage some materials and finishes. When treating nail heads you might want to be very careful to restrict it to the nail. I have also used it as the finish on knives. It works fairly well. After making it totally in the white and then cleaning and degreasing, it helps to leave it outside for a few nights to get an even coating of fine rust, then ospho it. After it drys, I recommend a baking soda rinse and then a fresh water rinse and then an oil coat after it drys. I'm thinking of trying the method on an old gun barrel. Kind of a poor mans phosphate finish.

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.