I looked at the old heater before hauling it to the recycle center. Manufactured 8 of 1980. So it was 27 years old. On city water, from a rather polluted river. They carefully treat the water and it is essentially neutral ph after treatment. The old copper fittings in the heater steel threads were in good shape. Electrolysis was very minimal.

Yo Ken, if your still around your up on this one. Far as Composites go I am with the Larry/whoever We are for the most part. Composites are really no longer using recycled material because there is just not enough of it so most of the raw stuff is virgin,the energy used to make composite is an enviro no no, when its time to remove the project composite is not real big on bio degrade its tricky to burn shreading it would be silly. Bottom line composites are not so enviro freindly. Info like that might suggest its not all that good to clean it either, with anything. I dont agree>> composites will out last Ipe, left to go silver/gray Ipe is as close to no maintance as a person can get. With the softer composites like Choice/MoistureShield even trex= tjunk I have found a coat or two of TWP 116 seals up the decking,locks in the color and keeps mold,mildew,stains from causing major problems. Of course not needing to do this is the reason the Wallet goes for composite in the first place. I my own self dont like composites at all for the reasons stated in several posts here and on other sites. Welcome aboard Larry!!! Sorry I dident understand your intent at the begining . John

Day 29 pictures: Both plots look about the same. The synthetic fertilizer plot has had less weeds however. Both test areas seem to be a tad bit fragile imho. I sprayed both areas with the same herbicide mix as I did the other seeded areas of my lawn, at the same time interval after seeding and I had massive seedling death. Yea, I know that everything sprayed with my mix should probably die, but that has not been the case until now. Both plots mowed Friday 8/26/2016 for the 1st time at 7/8" Sample A: Looks darker green Sample B Yellowing and death from herbicide mix Lots of dead patches. I didn't bother taking a picture behind the bushes - it all died. But there is grass from the back yard (combo treatment) poking under the fence. May get a pic later this week. I have the NTEP data forms, evaluation guidelines, and code lists. I will not be completing the information at this time. Looking at that stuff just reminds how anal retentive I'm not. I understand some people's concerns, but don't really care lol. I know I won't do formal monthly evals of this area for the next 2-3 years. Maybe I'll have a change of heart or do it quarterly - time will tell. In regards to time management, these plots take up so little of my time compare to the mixed synthetic/organic lawn areas that are fertilized every 2 weeks. The synthetic plot gets 1 product that weighs next to nothing while the organic plot gets 2 products that weigh fairly little comparative to the plot size. The rest of the lawn areas get at least 5 products twice as often.

DO NOT do the aluminum/baking soda polishing method again!!! It's hard on sterling; it can be the death of silver-plate as it actually removes a bit of the silver. Silverplating is a pretty thin coat of silver already. If you use it everyday, just hand wash it in warm soapy water. It will rarely ever need polishing and it takes very little time to do it. Get a small plastic basin to fit in your sink, put a bit water in it, and toss the silverware in there and do it all at once, the end of the day. I'm a great believer in using the lovely things one has. Otherwise, why on earth give them space in our homes? Enjoy it!