"Sailboat Restorations, Inc." wrote: > Thanks very much, Dave. I'm learning from this, and I appreciate that. > > Someone else mentioned "rust" on weld spots on yacht hardware. I have > certainly seen plenty of examples of that. I always assumed (without > knowing) that the culprit was the welding rods used. But clearly I > overstated it in saying the ss doesn't rust (or corrode). I just spent a > small fortune on new ss fittings for a sailboat (complete rebuild). . . the > idea of it rusting sends me into hysterics. I was a welding inspector in my university student days (that paid my way through) and I saw lots of corroded stainless steel. This included the best quality stainless for nuclear and petrochemical installations. All you have to do is get the right combination of heat, humidity, oxygen supply (or lack, depending) and electrochemical mumble-mumble and you get lots of rust and degradation. And one thing I remember from my sailing days is seeing rust on stainless fittings everywhere. Even sailboats on freshwater will show a little rust from time to time. Stainless means stainless, not rustproof. Mike (who's grumbling to himself because he forgot to rinse his new dive knife after scuba diving one day in the Dominican Republic last week and now has rust spots to clean up :-( ) *************************************************************************** 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 - 18:49:53 PDT
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