chunkolini
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I am being asked to make a water feature, typically vague brief.
they want some of my metal plants on a structure with water involved.
Initially the request was for stainless steel.
Combining this with rusted mild steel as requested could lead to a horrible streaky mess. The mild steel components are likely to be lacquered after rusting, a surprisingly hard wearing finish. But I am wary of streaking and any chemical reactions between the two materials on prolonged exposure to both air and water.
So I am thinking of suggesting a galvanised substructure, (what? who knows, early days yet) with the mild steel components mounted onto that.
So how would galvanised steel cope with long term immersion?
In fact an idea for a plinth just popped up. A pyramid of 200mm mild steel balls, like cannon balls, They would need holes drilled in them for the galvinising process, these can be underneath. How big do they need to be?
Cheers all, Chunko'.
they want some of my metal plants on a structure with water involved.
Initially the request was for stainless steel.
Combining this with rusted mild steel as requested could lead to a horrible streaky mess. The mild steel components are likely to be lacquered after rusting, a surprisingly hard wearing finish. But I am wary of streaking and any chemical reactions between the two materials on prolonged exposure to both air and water.
So I am thinking of suggesting a galvanised substructure, (what? who knows, early days yet) with the mild steel components mounted onto that.
So how would galvanised steel cope with long term immersion?
In fact an idea for a plinth just popped up. A pyramid of 200mm mild steel balls, like cannon balls, They would need holes drilled in them for the galvinising process, these can be underneath. How big do they need to be?
Cheers all, Chunko'.