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Sports & Fitness · Olympic Barbells

What finish lasts longest in a humid garage?

Reviewer consensus

Across the reviewers we read, cerakote and stainless steel get the strongest durability marks for corrosion resistance, with hard chrome a step below and black oxide or bare steel needing the most maintenance. Specialist subreddit threads in this pool specifically call out cerakote as 'practically invincible from corrosion.'

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