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    Avoiding Rust and removing water in structural steel HSS

    Thanks for the thought @Eng16080 I was thinking the same initially, with a stepped down hose to reach inside, if there was standing water I would have done that but since it was just moist mud/rust I just used a dry rag to absorb what I could. I think the cement powder may have been a good...
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    Avoiding Rust and removing water in structural steel HSS

    I appreciate your response HTURKAK, it is unfortunate that this steel post was not properly sealed with a cover plate in the first place as was our expectation. I plant to have it sealed up ASAP but am hesitant to do so with moisture trapped inside. Perhaps I shouldn't be too concerned with it...
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    Avoiding Rust and removing water in structural steel HSS

    I have a condition on a project where a large hss structural steel Post has some water pooling below grade. It has a solid steel end cap and is bolted to a concrete girder. an electrical access hand hole was never sealed up and so there has been water inside it for the past three years, I didn’t...
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