XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bourne@rorke.za   
      
   On 11/6/24 5:49 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Whar are the tip-offs in the picture that they ared ow quality?   
      
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