Iintsimbi zeCorten liqela leentsimbi zealloy eziphuhliswe ukunqanda ukupeyinta kunye nokuphuhlisa imbonakalo ezinzileyo efana nomhlwa ukuba ibonakaliswe kwimozulu iminyaka emininzi. I-Corten yinto ekhangayo, uphawu oluphambili kukuba "uphila" - uphendule kwindawo yayo kunye nemeko kwaye utshintshe ngokufanelekileyo. "I-rust" yentsimbi ye-corten ngumaleko we-oxide ozinzileyo owenziweyo xa ubonakaliswe kwimozulu.
Ukuthandwa kukaCorten kunokuthiwa kumandla ayo, ukuqina, ukusebenza, kunye nesibheno sobuhle.I-Corten Steel ineenzuzo ezininzi, kubandakanywa ukugcinwa kunye nobomi benkonzo. Ukongeza kumandla ayo aphezulu, intsimbi ye-corten yintsimbi yolondolozo ephantsi kakhulu. Ngenxa yokuba iCoreten Ukuxhathisa imiphumo ephazamisayo yemvula, ikhephu, umkhenkce, inkungu, kunye nezinye iimeko zemozulu ngokwenza i-oxidizing coating emnyama kwintsimbi, ngaloo ndlela inqanda ukungena nzulu kunye nokuphelisa imfuno yepeyinti kunye nokugcinwa kwe-rust ebiza kakhulu kwiminyaka. Ngamafutshane, ukurusa kwentsimbi, kunye nomhlwa kwenza umhlwa okhuselayo ocothisa isantya sokudleka kwexesha elizayo.
ICorten ixabisa ngokuphindwe kathathu njengepleyiti yentsimbi eqhelekileyo. Nangona kunjalo ikhangeleka ifana xa intsha, ke ayingombono umbi ukufumana isiqinisekiso sokuba uhlawulela ntoni na, njengoko inkangeleko egqityiweyo ingazibonakalisi ishumi leminyaka okanye ezimbini.
Njengesiseko sesinyithi, ishidi leCorten lifana nexabiso kwiintsimbi ezifana nezinc okanye ubhedu. Ayinakuze ikhuphisane kunye neentsimbi eziqhelekileyo ezifana nezitena, amaplanga kunye ne-render, kodwa mhlawumbi inokuthelekiswa nelitye okanye iglasi.