DerbyDad03 on Mon, 25 May 2020 13:10:53 -0700
(PDT) typed in rec.woodworking the following:

I think whatever clear coating is on there should come off too since it obviously isn't providing
any protection.

I'd say that the clear coating has worked, otherwise all of it
would be rusty. I suspect that the coating developer a small hole,
and the rust began there.

If it developed a hole, then it didn't work.

If you expect anything to work until the end of time, well, the
only thing that does that is prayer, and the Good Lord. After that,
"there will be a time when it is not." B-)

Things wear out in this vale of tears.
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pyotr filipivich
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