[Boatanchors] Rust, Coatings, etc.

[Al Parker]

Hi Mike,
	Maybe this has gone along far enuf, but --
CorTen isn't a coating, it's a steel alloy (there I go again, almost 
typed "allow" like last time).  I don't remember just what they used, 
but it was a type of stainless steel.  I don't think it was used for 
long, nobody had the patience to wait for it to look decent.
73,

Al, W8UT
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On 4/8/2013 3:11 PM, Michael D. Harmon wrote:
> Thanks to every one who replied to my question about the 'weathered
> steel' concept.  At the time the building in Jeff City was constructed,
> most people in the area thought it was the nuttiest idea that anyone had
> ever come up with.  It did look awful for a couple of years, sorta like
> an old pickup rotting in the junkyard, before the color evened out.  I
> don't recall seeing any buildings in my area (suburban STL) that use(d)
> the CorTen coating, but I may have overlooked them.
>
> 73,
> Mike, WB0LDJ
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