From: JHambleton@diabloresearch.com
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Stainless
Date sent: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:55:05 -0700
Send reply to: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> DML List,
>
> I think you may be mis informed when it pertains to rod and bar
> stock. It may be best for someone to contact a steel manufacturer to
> verify. I know there is a "stainless treatment" for sheet metal, which is
> applied to cold roll sheets.
>
> JonH
You are probably thinking of galvanizing- a zinc coating.
> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 98 16:40:56 -0800
> From: rking@jjsnack.com
> Subject: Re[2]: DML:Stage One TB offering Preview
>
> Yo, stainless IS a surface treatment. Disrupt it (sanding, grinding
> etc.) and you could very well promote rusting.
>
> Rob
>
>
Yep, stainless has a chrome oxide passive layer that prevents
corrosion.
|{eith R. Phelps
Cat..... the other white meat.
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