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   FastEddie | Nov 07, 2007 08:25pm | #1

   I would think the aluminum would retain it's look longer, since the brass finish is going to tarnish and wear off.

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   BillBrennen | Nov 07, 2007 11:27pm | #2

   Hast,

   If you are near the shore, aluminum will look terrible in a very short time. Inland it holds up well. Lots of the cast aluminum fixtures I have seen/used/replaced have crummy powdercoating with pinholes that let in the salty air which destroys the bond and pushes the coating off in giant sheets.

   Brass by the ocean will tarnish, but that is less bad than what aluminum does. Unpainted marine-exposed aluminum corrodes in white spots that leave behind big pits in the surface.

   If you can get it, brass with a PVD coating will outlast any lacquer by a wide margin.

   Bill

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   hast | Nov 10, 2007 06:30pm | #5

   Thanks Bill. I'm about 25 miles inland from the shore . . . so the salt air may or may not be a problem I guess, depending on air flow patterns. The PVD coating I imagine is like that on plumbing fixtures.

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   woodway | Nov 08, 2007 03:03am | #3

   You wouldn't happen to be the next door neighbor of a guy who's moniker is "Kowboy" would you?

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   MikeHennessy | Nov 08, 2007 04:10pm | #4

   LOL! And the brass/aluminum light is to be 21' tall?

   Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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   hast | Nov 10, 2007 06:39pm | #6

   Not unless they moved Michigan to New England! But my bday is a week after his so we're neighbors of a sort.