W. Kirk Crawford wrote:


"K Barrett" wrote in message . ..

Avert your eyes. *G* It ain't pretty.

I let the swamp cooler go to pot. I thought I'd cleaned it up, but instead I made it worse.

In summer I pulled the removeable panels off the swamp cooler, removed the flaked paint with a brillo pad (or somesuch device)
intending to remove the batting and repaint. But when looking at the batting there didn't seem to be any way to remove it. So I
put the project on hold until I could get to it, and this is what's the swamp cooler is like 5-6 months later.

Over the next few inages I'll show you what I mean. There is corrosion and some sort of white buildup, which I think is what
happens when the zinc metal is exposed to the air/water/weather.

K Barrett




If not, try naval jelly and a wire brush. As for the rusting of the wire
retention grates, same thing will work - but if rusted through may need
to be replaced with heavy wire.