| Posted by Mike Roback on March 17, 2002 at 16:11:32: | |
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I am doing a remodel and a gas pipe fitting that the plumber got out of his truck to change the direction of a gas pipe and an large toilet elbow have surface rust on them. The fitting probably because it had been outside at one point and the elbow because there was a leak apparently from around the toilet down to the lower level. Both are in the ceiling of the first level of a house. Anyway, I had been planning to spray both of these items with an encapsulating rust inhibiting paint but the drywaller beat me to it and closed off access for me to get to it. Is it worth tearing the drywall off to spray these two items. It isn't alot of drywall as one is in a small closet and the other is under a small soffet. I am not familiar with such situations. Does surface rust continue to eat at the pipe if not removed and painted over? Is painting such items even worth the trouble or should I just forget it? Thanks for your adivice. |
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