10-02-2008, 12:18 PM
Oh, now I need to wax knowledgeable.
Stainless steel is "stainless" because of the chromium content in the steel. It rusts nearly instantly on exposure to oxygen and the Chromium Oxide is more or less inert. So, if you have a situation where there is mechanical degradation due to fatigue, or galvanic, or acidic, which is very typical in wood, it consistently burns away the "stainless" and you just get rust. Stainless steel is great, but often poorly understood and applied. It's no panacea, and the fact is that solid hot dipped galvanized is better for most things.
OSPHO will still work, if you get on it.
Stainless steel is "stainless" because of the chromium content in the steel. It rusts nearly instantly on exposure to oxygen and the Chromium Oxide is more or less inert. So, if you have a situation where there is mechanical degradation due to fatigue, or galvanic, or acidic, which is very typical in wood, it consistently burns away the "stainless" and you just get rust. Stainless steel is great, but often poorly understood and applied. It's no panacea, and the fact is that solid hot dipped galvanized is better for most things.
OSPHO will still work, if you get on it.