Our body oils are of acidic pH balance and they can etch certain finishes.


"Steve Turner" wrote in message
...
Don't we exude some amount of salt when we sweat? Perhaps some of us more
than
others? Seems to me that could be a factor in this equation...



On 7/5/2010 5:58 AM, Andy Dingley wrote:
On 5 July, 09:47, "Tim wrote:

Beware of Mr. Rust
Some people have a reputation for rusting everything that they hold.

Mate of mine (a smoker) does this. Another friend's lathe has
fingerprints etched into the chrome on the handwheels from him.

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