On Tuesday 10 April 2007 03:42, Alex wrote: > Stainless screws and other stainless items apparently are not all > created equal. I've seen traces of rust around different stainless > fasteners in sea environment many times (not to mention my River Shorty > knife, - allegedly stainless too). Even my stainless Leatherman rusted, when exposed to some saltwater and heat - in short I stored it in a damp waterproof bag, and the sun rays heated it slightly! I think the quality we should use is called acidproof, bu that is not always available. And true for all metals, if they are bolted together with other metals in a marine environment a lot of interesting effects can occur! If you bolt aluminium together with stainless screws, the aluminium dissolves eventually (or is the other way round?), just as zink anodes on a stell hull eventually dissilves into nothing! Tord *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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