>In Hawaii, no matter where you are, you are in a constant mist of salt
>water. You can sand a bare spot on steel, and WATCH it rust.

Same here. Sometimes I need WD40 to be able to open the PC case screws
after 2 months or less. Near 100% humidity all the time, temperature
between 25 and 35 Celsius most of the year (more like the upper limit most
of the time). Bare metal has no chance, aluminium is always matte
finished, a fresh bun left on a table in the morning has spots by evening
etc ;-(

Tin plated PC boards are dull and hard to solder after 6 months or less.
Bare copper builds thick brown oxide very fast (1 day). Wonderful ;-(

Peter

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