[Shop-talk] Modifying a sea-container

[eric at megageek.com]

OK, I'm sure these things have lots of names, but I call them a "sea 
container."  The big shipping containers that they use to move from ship 
to train to truck.  (basically, they are the box container that all the 
shipped items are loaded and stored in.)

OK, I have one of these as an additional shed on my property.  (I really 
didn't need it, but I got it for free.)  Here is what I want to do.  I 
want to add a ladder to the side so I can climb up top.  I want the ladder 
secured to the side of the container.

Here is the problem, the container has a sticker on it that says to only 
repair it with "corian" steel.  I have no idea what this is.

My question is...

Do I really need to worry about this?  Can I weld to it just like any 
steel, or is there a reason that sticker is there.  (I'm sure that if the 
container was still used for shipping, it would apply, but for a container 
that is going to sit in a yard?)

Can I weld to it?

Is there anything I need to know about it?

(I didn't want to screw to the side of this container because I want it to 
stay water tight.)

Thanks again!

Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational 
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph 
Waldo Emerson