Oh man!!
Does this mean I have to start parking in a swimming pool?
Andy
On 06/05/98 10:02 AM Matthews, M D (Matt) said...
>
>This was underwater where oxygen is less available than where we
>generally keep our cars. I remember buying the most corrosive resistant
>stainless and after overnight in a shallow salt water puddle, where it
>was partly exposed to air and the rolling motion of the ship I was on,
>it developed a coating of rust overnight.
>
>Stainless is good stuff for what is meant for but it is not a cure for
>oxidation. It just reacts more slowly.
>> ----------
>> From: fred thomas
>> Reply To: fred thomas
>> Sent: Friday, June 5, 1998 8:50 AM
>> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: stainless steel
>>
>>
>> Listers, did you read the newspapers this morning about the discovery
>> of
>> the USS YORKTOWN, after 54 years underwater the stainless steel was
>> still
>> very bright, so the lister posting about SS on his resto for
>> remounting
>> his front fenders, the car will rust out but not your SS nuts & bolts.
>>
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