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sailaway21 · #31 (**permalink**) 07-03-2009

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Originally Posted by copacabana

But it sure strips it off metal! I learned that the hard way ...

Buy a better car...

copacabana · #32 (**permalink**) 07-03-2009

Actually it wasn't my car. I left some painted parts to soak in gasoline for a while to clean them. When I took them out the paint had turned to goo.

Cam, thanks for the information. I'll try to to 'shut the hell up' as you request.

sailaway21 · #33 (**permalink**) 07-03-2009

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Originally Posted by copacabana

Actually it wasn't my car. I left some painted parts to soak in gasoline for a while to clean them. When I took them out the paint had turned to goo.

Cam, thanks for the information. I'll try to to 'shut the hell up' as you request.

Yeah, I had something similar happen when I left my crescent wrench in a can of water. Even the can rusted. That's why they don't make ships out of steel.

dacap06 · #34 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

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Originally Posted by sailaway21

Yeah, I had something similar happen when I left my crescent wrench in a can of water. Even the can rusted. That's why they don't make ships out of steel.

I think every Navy in the world would disagree with you on that one.

USN ships (as well as those of other countries) suffer bimetallic corrosion, which is what I suspect you observed. The point where the aluminum superstructure met the steel deck developed what the shipyard called "mouse holes" if corrosion wasn't countered promptly with preservation and painting.

SEMIJim · #35 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

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Originally Posted by dacap06

I think every Navy in the world would disagree with you on that one.

You're new here, aren't you

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Originally Posted by dacap06

USN ships (as well as those of other countries) ...

The sailor to whom you replied holds a Master Mariner's License, I believe. I think he knows these things

He was making a (subtle, I assume, guz it went over my head) point

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Jim

copacabana · #36 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

No doubt the subtle suggestion was that I had foolishly left the parts soaking in gasoline too long (just as a steel wrench left in water will eventually rust away).

dacap06 · #37 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009

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Originally Posted by SEMIJim

You're new here, aren't you

The sailor to whom you replied holds a Master Mariner's License, I believe. I think he knows these things

He was making a (subtle, I assume, guz it went over my head) point

.

Jim

Ah. Yes, I am relatively new. Excuse me while I extract my foot from my mouth and remove the egg on my face.