I found what looks like a canopy for a boat (retractable rod type). I cut off the vinyl and kept the rods. They don't stick to a magnet but they look too shiny to be aluminum. What could it be made out of?
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I found what looks like a canopy for a boat (retractable rod type). I cut off the vinyl and kept the rods. They don't stick to a magnet but they look too shiny to be aluminum. What could it be made out of?
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Stainless Steel??
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You should have kept the viynl on it - and made it into a sweet outdoor green house!
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Shouldn't it kinda stick then? The rods are light too not really heavyOriginally Posted by Mudlucky
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It was ripped up and nasty looking. I was kinda thinking it would have made a nice ice fishing shanty actually but no
Time for a grinder test. Sparks then stainless, if not then aluminum. Boat and pontoon canopy rods/tubes I have seen are aluminum.
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Some stainless will stick to a magnet, some won't; and some will but very lightly. You have to get a feel for it by testing your magnet on different known grades of stainless.
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I think it's aluminum after bending and breaking one of the rods into. What do these grade at? sheet? cast? 6160?
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