Reconstituted zincs

[Dockhead]

Originally Posted by NormanS

Well, You know what, the anodes that I make for my prop work for me, so that's good enough for me. If they work, and do the job that they're meant to do, efficiency and effectively, why should I believe manufacturer's hokum?
But what would I know, I'm just a practical guy.

Well, if your anodes work, then more power to you.


But anodes being made inert by passivation promoted by iron impurities is NOT "manufacturer's hokum". Here's an actual scientific article on it: https://www.researchgate.net/publica...ine_conditions

[a64pilot]

Originally Posted by rslifkin

I know Defender carries the hanging fish type in Zinc, Aluminum, and Magnesium. Not sure where else you can get an aluminum one though.

Boat zincs, but it won’t look like a fish, it looks like a metal cylinder.
https://www.boatzincs.com/hanging_anode_aluminum.html

[betwys1]

Originally Posted by Epicurean

Here's what to do with old zincs. Zinc is an essential mineral for the body. Take your old zincs and react them with gluconic acid. Collect the precipitate on filter paper and dry. Once a week take 60 mg with 500 mg of hydroxychloroquine. That should prevent you from getting Wuhan corona virus and enable you to live longer. /snip/

SO Spring 2020!
Another approach to healthful zinc ingestion: a can of oysters.
And that's how I came to have a carton of oyster cans.
Oh, don't forget the malaria remedies....drink Tonic Water for the quinine! The "White Man's Burden" in tropical colonies of the nineteenth century.
Now discouraged in U.S. circles because of side-effects....just like its more puissant cousin ~ hydroxychloroquine.

Not kidding!