Material Compatibility Matrix

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GBE Material Compatibility Matrix

Metal Compatibility Chart and notes
November ‘96
Furniture designer: Simon Percival FDes RCA
- Ex CSJW. Furniture designer for the New British Library
- Simon designs and hand-makes bespoke garden furniture for individual clients
- needed guidance on compatibility, durability and methods of protection and separation of different metals and timber.
Prepared a chart to show compatibility and vulnerability between preferred metals, timbers, soils, water and concrete, with reference notes linked to the boxes of the chart.
- Metals to Metal
- Metal to Soil
- Metal to Concrete
- Metal to Timber
Arranged in Base to Nobel metal order for clarity.
Included notes on inappropriate Tropical Hardwood species to be avoided.

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GBE MaterialCompatibilityMatrix A01 BRM 131212