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Posted by Limp Arbor on August 12, 2009, 2:37 pm
> On 8/12/2009 8:44 AM Tony spake thus:
> > Perry Aynum wrote:
> >> Are there any tricks to preventing the $3 plumbing pipe escutcheons fr=
om the
> >> BORG from rusting after 2 months?
> >> There is nothing more annoying than doing a nice paint job on a bathro=
om,
> >> only to have the escutheon covering the toilet water supply rust.
> >> I tried using shellac, and it only bought me about a month.
> >> Would polyurethane or spray lacquer work?
> >> I don't really want to invest any more than $3 on a simple thing, and =
I
> >> don't understand why they make this crap so cheaply. =A0Bathrooms are
> >> _supposed_ to be moist.
> >http://www.plumbingsupply.com/escutch.html
> Hey, I learned a new term from that site: "smitty plate". But not sure
> what exactly that is: a plate to cover up plumbing boo-boos?
Primarily used when you go from an old 3 handle system to a newer 1 or
2 handle system.
You use them when replacing tiles is not an option.
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> BORG from rusting after 2 months?
>
> There is nothing more annoying than doing a nice paint job on a bathroom,
> only to have the escutheon covering the toilet water supply rust.
>
> I tried using shellac, and it only bought me about a month.
>
> Would polyurethane or spray lacquer work?
>
> I don't really want to invest any more than $3 on a simple thing, and I
> don't understand why they make this crap so cheaply. Bathrooms are
> _supposed_ to be moist.