[Boatanchors] Rust, Coatings, etc.

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A number of art objects around the world made out of the stuff.  Ex. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Picasso 
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Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Apr 8, 2013, at 12:51 PM, Al Parker wrote:

> 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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> "There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
> worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
> Ratty, to Mole
>
> 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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