Finally a topic I have some relevant knowledge about. I spend quite a bit of time doing coating evaluations using various international test standards. One of my classes at school we conducted a similar experiment to observe long term corrosion outdoors. There is an ASTM test standard which covers the setup of this style of test. If you are interested I can dig the standard out when I get home tonight. It may help with the consistency of you results.

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