| Aluminum used in boat tower structures is normally finished with a process called “anodizing”. Anodizing is an electro-chemical enhancement of aluminum’s natural tendency to form a protective oxide coating. Anodizing provides a surface finish that is much harder, and much more resistant to cosmetic corrosion than bare metal. Anodized aluminum when given regular washing and waxing will look like “new” indefinitely. Aluminum has been used as a marine engineering material for nearly a hundred years. It is the material of choice for many durable commercial and military vessels, not to mention 100s of thousands of boat windshield systems, outboard motors and outdrives. |
Won’t aluminum corrode in a salt water environment?
Updated on February 3, 2022