New steel I don't recognize
On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 07:19:51 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:
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So if the fresh cut ends do not rust, why did they bother to galvanize
it?
Umm.... If I knew that, then I'd not have asked!
I'm going to do another 'wet' experiment, this time with salt in the wound.
It could be this stuff was prepared for a marine environment, although I
don't recall the use of gavanizing from when I was in the Navy.
Lloyd
Work boats often have galvanized fittings. Yachts are stainless and
bronze. Small pleasure boats have a lot of aluminum.
The navy goes its own way. g
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Ed Huntress
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