Well, OK ralph . . . I don't doubt you for a minute. . . . . . . But I don't think the "kayaking marine environment" is any different from the "sailing marine environment." In the latter, it is commonplace that if stainless steel "rusts," it ain't stainless steel, or at least it ain't the *right kind* of ss. There are many levels of quality of ss. Most marine products that I am used to use 304 or 316 ss, fairly high quality. These don't rust. Period. I have had some cheap knives and other products that were supposed to be ss but rusted. These were usually made from castings from the Far East, where standards may be . . . different. As for "fittings for sailing," these can vary in quality, but if they are true 304 or 316 ss they are very unlikely to rust. Certain brands are notorious for being junk (ie, bad castings, lower grade ss, misleading labeling). Not to question you, ralph. <g> But . . . you're wrong. Stainless steel doesn't rust. Mark >Mark, stainless steel rusts badly in a KAYAKING marine environment. I >have all sorts of stainless steel things I can show you with >considerable rust and corrosion. My sheath knife, fittings for sailing, >etc. Also aluminum unless of marine grade or heavily anondized will >also pit or corrode. This ain't from no tome. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 11 2000 - 16:21:48 PDT
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