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N8N wrote:

On Aug 12, 11:26*am, "Perry Aynum" wrote:
Are there any tricks to preventing the $3 plumbing pipe escutcheons from the
BORG from rusting after 2 months?

There is nothing more annoying than doing a nice paint job on a bathroom,
only to have the escutheon covering the toilet water supply rust.

I tried using shellac, and it only bought me about a month.

Would polyurethane or spray lacquer work?

I don't really want to invest any more than $3 on a simple thing, and I
don't understand why they make this crap so cheaply. *Bathrooms are
supposed to be moist.

buy one that's chromed brass, or even better, stainless steel.

Chromed steel will rust, unless it's excellent chrome, and you're not
going to get excellent chrome for $3, you're going to get crappy flash
chrome.

nate

Yeah, no ****. So many people want it both ways. OP says:

I don't really want to invest any more than $3 on a simple thing, and I
don't understand why they make this crap so cheaply.

That's a guy who couldn't define "irony" if you waterboarded him.