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What is better for rust?
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tropical_thought San Francisco (
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Wed, May 2, 12 at 11:16
| If you were buying a metal watering can and you had a choice of cooper, brass or steel which would be less likely to rust? Should it be painted with clear coat? I had a iron trellis, but it rusted very quickly. My rose got sick from being on it. So, now I worry about rust or other types of corrosion from water. |
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RE: What is better for rust?
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| Not to be funny; I'd buy plastic. I think all metal will oxidize over time: brass, and copper to some extent, turn green (they call that a patina); iron turns red and is way faster (they call that rust), even aluminum will oxidize but at a very slow rate. Why not a redwood trellis for your roses. I would not buy a cheap one that is stapled together - make your own, redwood slats are not very costly. My 2 cents. Robert |
RE: What is better for rust?
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| My old galvanized watering cans last for many, many yrs & I usually buy them used! I agree 'redwood' for your lovely roses. Jeanne S. |
RE: What is better for rust?
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| Plastic ages and cracks. I had some plastic watering cans, but the did not last and they got all clogged up. I use rubbermaid dish basins to move soil around and the plastic does turn brittle and crack. I have never cracked a plastic watering can, but they were just a real pain to have around. They were ugly and cheap looking. Due to the exposure to sun and temperature change the molecules of plastic will begin to breakdown over time. I assume this would also hold to plastic sheds. I know plastic compost bins will crack in ten years time. |
RE: What is better for rust?
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| Steel will definitely rust. Galvanized ones will last a long, long time. Brass is very soft and easily dented/broken and copper will patina, which, if you like that will do well. I actually prefer plastic watering cans, but I don't buy the hard plastic ones with long, slender spouts. I buy the ones that are the same design as the metal ones, but they are a softer type of plastic. I tend to drop mine a lot and/or sling them around in the garden while working...hence the plastic ones. The one I currently have is about ten years old. |
RE: What is better for rust?
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| It is very hard to find out what to clear metal with. If it is just metal you have use one thing, but if it's painted metal you use another. I bought something on eBay and I am not sure if it's metal or painted metal or some kind of coat. So, I wanted to clear coat it. Of course I have problems with thing like garden trowels also. I had a steel one, it did not rust but something happened to it from soil contact, I guess. It still works, but does not look very nice. So, if something looks nice like a metal animal say like a garden frog, you may want to clear coat before leaving it out in the rain. I don't know I don't have any of that kind of cute garden animal junk. |
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