Re: [Paddlewise] Tin cans

From: alex <al.m_at_3web.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 21:54:42 -0800
> Some folks I used to paddle with, on the coast of BC, would save their
empty
> cans and take them, weighted with rocks, to a deep area and deep six them.
> The claim was that the cans would quickly rust in the salt water and
become a
> nonproblem for any one.   I always wondered about the tuna cans, though.

Good idea.  I would give it #2 place after taking it back to the launch site
;-)... Still, burning it before that would speed corrosion up, - my
rudimentary knowledge of chemistry tells me so. What's wrong with tuna
cans, - are they aluminum?
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