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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1093875, member: 2972&quot;]Spock,</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s some background on why stainless steel resists rusting:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-doesnt-stainless-stee" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-doesnt-stainless-stee" rel="nofollow">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-doesnt-stainless-stee</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I&#039;ve NEVER seen any stainless steel stand up to extended use in salt water (for instance in a boat).&nbsp; If you place anoxic salt water next to staineless (I don&#039;t care what type) it will rust over time.&nbsp; This is alluded to in the wikipedia entry below, and is consistent with my first hand experience on boats for most of my adult life:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel</a>&nbsp; (see Properties section).</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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