Will it really corrode?

[asbury030]

My dad is being a jerk and he wont let me put my garbage can in my closet because he said it will corrode everything in my room.
Im using it to stir up salt so i will have some ready when i want to do a water change.

 

[belothsurf]

Based on your Dad's logic, the tank itself should corrode everything too. I can't imagine keeping your can in your room causing any problems. If anything, the evaporation will help increase your humidity, which is usually too low in homes, especially in the winter.

 

[asbury030]

Thank you atleast someone agrees with me.

 

[tizzo]

OH, Lord have mercy, I'd better take all the humidifiers outa my house if it's going to corrode stuff!! If you had salt spray near electronics then I could see his point, but if you put a lid on the container... But it doesn't matter anyway, cause your dad is the boss. But now you know it's OK and they is nothing more than self-satisfaction that you can do with the info. Don't fight it, just try to work with it.

 

[asbury030]

Well he let me keep it in my room. I think he made up that excuse because i didnt ask him if i can put it in my room so i think i made him mad.

 

[gkp]

I often her this .... the truth is water evaporates but salt does not.....so there will be no salt water in the air to rust all metal in the room

 

[fshhub]

Originally posted by GKP
I often her this .... the truth is water evaporates but salt does not.....so there will be no salt water in the air to rust all metal in the room

supposedly true, however how do we explain the automobiels in Fla vs the cars in kansas AND the cars in Kansas come in direct contact with salt water on a regular basis every winter? there is a difference in the amount of rust you see on the road, boggling isnt it?

 

[belothsurf]

.....that's an urban myth.....salt has nothing to do with rust....it's just more humid around the coastal areas year round, which does contribute to rust....that and older car bodies were made out of metal.....

 

[fshhub]

unfortunately salt and/or saltwatere does contribute to rust. they are highly corrosive to metals, so much so that they can actually corrode stainless steel, as well as other metals.
http://www.smt.sandvik.com/sandvik/0...S/SE03481.NSF/(DocumentsInternetWeb)/1BF822261FC38B3CC1256DE10047716A

 

[zap800]

well if we are talking about fish tanks then salt will stay in the tank. unless you have an airstone and the you will get a ton of creep. the salt on the road on the other hand is really corosive, its rock salt from a mine and mixed with calcium (thats the tank on the back of the trucks you see). the reason that cars on the coast seam to rust out faster than lets say arizona is the humidity. the only way salt will effect the cars body on the coast is if the car is parked right next to the ocean and it gets the surf spray.