>From experience, plated steel will corrode severly after one or two days being used in saltwater. Even cheap stainless holds up much better. Nick At 10:29 PM -0700 4/11/00, Steve Holtzman wrote: >To all those who claim that stainless steel doesn't rust, you need to be >aware of several things. First as some people have pointed out, there are >different grades of stainless steel and there ability to stand up to salt >water varies. > >Additionally, ss is susceptible to a type of corrosion called chloride >attack. Any solution that contains high levels of chlorides, is very >corrosive to stainless. Sea water, contains over 20,000 ppm of salt (sodium >chloride) dissolved in it. This is EXTREMELY corrosive and the corrosion >that it causes, produces cracks along the crystal boundaries of the alloy. > >We NEVER use ss in situations where there are high levels of chlorides. Mild >steel will work much better. On the ocean, where things get wet with salt >water and there is a large amount of oxygen available, I would opt for a >nickel, cadmium, or chrome plated metal. They will hold up to salt water. > >Steve Holtzman >Advanced Chemical Technology, LLC >Industrial Water Treatment >www.actglobal.net Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St, Suite I Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Apr 14 2000 - 08:13:39 PDT
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