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# Legs in Coastal Environments

Salt air rapidly speeds up steel corrosion, even getting around the paint much more easily.

As a general rule of thumb, we can only guarantee non-corrosive materials for use in coastal areas, such as 316 stainless steel.

While painted legs will hold up for a good amount of time, we have seen many cases where they are not able to meet our 5-year guarantee.