Rusty? water bottle

(Jack Brien) #1

I use a metal water bottle, I think it’s aluminium, but it’s started to go rusty inside, which is a bit weird. I presume there’s some sort of reaction going on with the salt that I put in there. So I was thinking of getting a new water bottle, but glass is a bit fragile for the way I throw my bag around. Would a stainless steel bottle rust do you think?

(Allie) #2

Aly doesn’t rust, but it can corrode if the protective top coating has been damaged.

(Jack Brien) #3

I know, and the corrosion is white, very similar to the aluminium. But the stuff inside is brown, in spots just like rust

15265554006184025334894844619303
15265554006184025334894844619303.jpg3120×4160 2.64 MB

(Allie) #4

I’d bin it to be on the safe side…

(Jack Brien) #5

I will, but wondering what to replace it with

(Olivia) #6

Looks like galvanic corrosion
Stainless steel would also corrode in such an environment. Best option would be a glass or plastic bottle.

(LeeAnn Brooks) #7

My glass water bottle has a rubber outer casing. It probably wouldn’t survive hurling onto concrete, but it can take quite a bit of banging around.

(Jack Brien) #8

I’ll go for the glass then. Would the corrosion be from the brass ring around the top do you think?

(Jack Brien) #9

15265694302614126892191744666856
15265694302614126892191744666856.jpg2206×2941 1.7 MB
I often drop it! Guess I’ll have to be more careful

(LeeAnn Brooks) #10

I w dropped my glass one several times. No problem with the rubber/plastic sleeve. But I can see where there might be that one time too many some day.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #11

Brass and steel don’t react the way copper and aluminum or aluminum and steel do. It is possible that the stains are from a high iron level in your water. I had that problem at the last place. Even stainless steel would develop rust spots—not because the stainless steel was rusting, but because rust was building up on the surface. I found it could be scrubbed off, with a certain amount of effort.

(Jack Brien) #12

I’ve bought myself a nice shiny glass one now. I don’t think this has happened on any of the other bottles in the household,