On 26 Mar 98 at 21:00, Giles wrote:
> There is no problem with corrosion of titanium, just the opposite.
> It is very resistant to corrosion and is used in many applications
> because of this property, such as medical prosthesies - screws, hip
> joints and other such hardware that is imbeded in the body. Salt
> water doesn't bother it at all. I believe cadmium can cause Ti to
> corrode as the USAF had problems with the SR71 early on which was
> traced to cadmium plated tools being used.
>
So the next logical step for those with "brassed" 4Ts is to somehow remove
*all* the paint with some sort of glass beading process (?), leaving a nice
shiny and durable Titanium finish...
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