XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   Larry Wolff wrote:   
   > How can I tell if these bolts are stainless steel or not?   
   > https://i.postimg.cc/8cMgwY4Y/bolts.jpg   
   >   
   > All I know is they're heavy feeling - and magnetic.   
   >   
   > But how do I know if they're stainless short of purposefully rusting them   
   > by dipping them in acid?   
      
   If the pic is of the actual bolts...   
   The bolts do not look like stainless - they look like low quality steel   
   bolts plated with zinc.  The manufacturing looks poor.   
   IMO, they are the 13 cent variety, not the $1.13 variety.  Same for the   
   nuts. They are the 5 cent variety, not the 55 cent variety.   
   There is low quality stainless but I have never seen that used in nuts   
   and bolts.  Threaded pieces are normally 18-8 or better and have better   
   machining.   
      
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