DIY Tip: Stainless is not always stainless
I'm usually the last one to figure stuff like this out, but I thought I would pass it along anyway. Have you ever worked on a project and put a lot of time and money into doing a much better job th...
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Stainless is funny stuff, some corrodes when exposed to salt water and oxygen, some when there is salt water and no oxygen. Washington State Ferry system had to replace some fire sprinkler lines on the car decks of some of the ferries because they used the wrong grade of stainless and the stagnate salt water in the lines corroded through the lines. It was an expensive lesson in the difference in grades of stainless.
