RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agoAnon hates aluminumsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1829arrow-down128cross-posted to: fixedgearbikes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1801arrow-down1imageAnon hates aluminumsh.itjust.worksRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agomessage-square195fedilinkcross-posted to: fixedgearbikes@lemmy.world
minus-squareSkaveRatlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·8 months agoin fact, it rusts so fast, that it’s pretty much impossible to get a “clean” aluminium surface while oxygen is around
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThey had to invent an entirely new style of welding to weld it correctly because it rusts so much you can’t even melt it for welding reliably.
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoYeah. Shame we cant live in a vacuum
in fact, it rusts so fast, that it’s pretty much impossible to get a “clean” aluminium surface while oxygen is around
They had to invent an entirely new style of welding to weld it correctly because it rusts so much you can’t even melt it for welding reliably.
Stainless wire wheel
Then it just rusts again
Yeah. Shame we cant live in a vacuum