Metal Rescue™ is safe on everything except rustMetal Rescue™ is safe on everything except rust

Workplace cleanliness and environmental safety make the newest product a natural complement to a line of corrosion-inhibiting products. Introduced in April, Armor's Metal Rescue™ from Armor Protective Packaging, safely and effectively removes iron oxide from metal in as little as 20 min, leaving the base part and other materials unaffected. Metal Rescue is a nontoxic liquid solution that does not contain harmful or hazardous acids found in alternative rust-removal systems. As supplied, the product is noncorrosive, nonflammable, nontoxic and biodegradable and contains no volatile organic compounds, solvents, acids, bases or hazardous ingredients. If no toxic or hazardous materials have been introduced into the solution, Metal Rescue typically can be disposed of in city sewer systems.

“Metal Rescue effectively helps our customers' bottom lines, and right now that's everyone's top priority,” says Armor vp David Yancho. “It's a simple and quick alternative to expensive methods such as outsourcing rust removal, unsafe acidic rust-removal materials, or worse yet, scrapping rusted metal.” Metal Rescue is water-based, and is safe for aluminum, brass, copper, chrome, gold, lead, nickel, silver, titanium, tungsten, solder or solder points. Plastic, glass or cloth can be cleaned as well without any damage. Depending on the object's size, the amount of rust and the temperature of the solution, Metal Rescue can completely remove rust in up to 24 hr. The product is available in a 1-gal polystyrene bottle that sells for $40 and a 5-gal container that sells for $144. United States Plastic Corp. (www.usplastic.com) supplies the 1-gal bottles and the closures, and Lightning Labels (www.lightninglabels.com) supplies the pressure-sensitive labels.