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Steel boats and rust - the rest of the story
"And steel rusts, and rust never sleeps. From the moment you get a steel
boat until the day they cart you away, you're going to be dealing with rust." "Rust is a simple process. All it requires is some steel, some water, and time. Add a little salt and it doesn't take so much time. Add some electrical current to the salt and water, and the steel melts like a snow cone on hot pavement." "The only protection against rust is maintenance. From the day the steel rolls out of the mill it has to be protected from rust. Pickled, blasted, coal-tarred, epoxy painted, sanded, needle-scaled, painted, painted, washed down, and then painted some more." Poor Joe. Never has time to learn how to re-use a Sta-Lok mechanical terminal. Maybe it's because he spends all his time scraping rust and coating his steel hull which is melting away like a snow cone on hot pavement. Bwaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha! Yup, keep it painted red. You'll hide all the rust streaks and give yourself the false allusions that you have a strong boat. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0...the-story.html Wilbur Hubbard |
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