Three years later, the bathroom drain stopper once again disconnected from the pop-up rod and gave me a chance to inspect how the brass is surviving:
After five years, the epoxy plug is either creeping out of the end or the end is corroding back a bit, but there’s plenty more where that came from.
The original steel rod disintegrated after nine years, so it’s still a horse race.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 