Howdy, TowerTalkians -- On lots of old galvanized towers sometimes you wind up with a brownish colored surface. Can anyone tell me what it is? It's not rust but something else. Just curious. Tnx. Che
From the following site: http://www.galv.co.uk/appearanceguide.html A thin brown surface staining sometimes occurs in service when the galvanized coating comprises entirely zinc-iron alloys as discus
Hi Steve: It is possibly COR-TEN steel. Weathering steel, best-known under the trademark COR-TEN steel and sometimes written without the hyphen as "Corten steel", is a group of steel alloys which wer
He Steve, Here in the Gulf South, sometimes on vertical tower but pretty often on horizontal sections waiting to be stacked, that brownish haze appears. Mostly, it is associated with proximity to har
On 9/14/2012 11:07 AM, Mark, K5ER wrote: He Steve, Here in the Gulf South, sometimes on vertical tower but pretty often on horizontal sections waiting to be stacked, that brownish haze appears. Mostl
Before bluing was invented, gun parts were "browned". That was an induced rusting, which was then rubbed with a mild abrasive( today 0000 steel wool) and oiled. It inhibited further destructive rusti