"Sailboat Restorations, Inc." wrote: > > 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. These are two of the grades of SS studied in the tome I mentioned, and they do corrode in crevices. I have some allegedly SS fittings on the deck of my hardshell which are showing honest rust, but I do not know what alloy of SS they might be. > Not to question you, ralph. <g> But . . . you're wrong. Stainless steel > doesn't rust. Maybe corrode is a better label. I'll get the citation as soon as I can. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 - 17:37:04 PDT
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