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Subject: Re: Sea Cock corrosion


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John Templar
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Date Posted: 5/02/05 19:33:28
In reply to: John Larke 's message, "Sea Cock corrosion" on 3/02/05 21:34:34

cleaning the cones should have taken them back to brass colour, the pinkish tinge is copper, which is what you have after the zinc is leached out by electrolysis.

if its clearly PINK you may need to replace them as they would be considerably weakened

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Re: Sea Cock corrosionJohn Larke 5/02/05 23:01:59


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