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Will Corten metal damage clothing?

I want to use Corten in an area with heavy pedestrian traffic. Will Corten (or other self-rusting metals)damage clothing / outerwear?

Stephen Mirabito
- Walnut Creek, California, USA
2007

Yes (unless you like a deep orange-brown). Runoff also stains concrete, stone, stucco, etc. United States Steel Corp. recommends not using COR-TEN® steel sheet for roofing and siding. Another product, COR-TEN AZP Prepainted Galvalume® duplicates the color of aged COR-TEN®.

Ken Vlach [deceased]
- Goleta, California

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Rest in peace, Ken. Thank you for your hard work which the finishing world, and we at finishing.com, continue to benefit from.
2007

Regarding your concerns over the Corten, we have just finished coating a fence in Ranco Mirage ,Ca. It is Corten . We duplicated the color with a Ceramic based material. There is no danger of transfer of the color to anything .

Edward DeGrenier
- Lombard, Illinois
2007

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