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Hey...a fellow dumpster diver...not afraid to admit it.  ha ha.

Our mesh is either galvinized...or stainless....if I remember
correctly...so we've never had any rust issues.  ??

At 10:57 PM 3/23/04 -0500, you wrote:
>In my dumpster-diving the other day I came across a big roll of copper
>window screening.
>
>It got me thinking about my fears of using regular window screening to make
>the small drying racks as I have done at least three times in the past.  I
>feared that using ferrous wire would perhaps leave rust stains on the
>artifacts, although I don't recall that that ever happened.
>
>I have to build a new rack for my latest project, and got thinking that the
>copper wire would be just peachy for the application.
>
>Any comments / suggestions on building safe and effective drying racks
>would be appreciated.
>
>        Dan W.

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