You rarely expose raw steel to the elements, unless itâs the weird kind that can build up a protective rusty coating. You usually paint it or dip-galvanize it or cadmium-plate it, and then it can last 50 years easy. Aluminum can be left out and it will be fine for 50 years, it will do better if painted or anodized.
Wicking is the absorption of a liquid by a material in the manner of a candle wick. Paper towels absorb liquid through capillary action, allowing a fluid to be transferred from a surface to the towel. The small pores of a sponge act as small capillaries, causing it to absorb a large amount of fluid.
shuck. n. 1. (Biology) the outer covering of something, such as the husk of a grain of maize, a pea pod, or an oyster shell. vb (tr).2. to remove the shucks from.. a. To remove the husk or shell from: shuck corn. b. To open the shell of (a bivalve): shuck oysters. 2. Informal To cast off: shucked their coats and cooled off; a city trying to shuck a sooty image.