XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 8/11/2024 10:35 am, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:   
   > 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?   
   >   
   Having had experience with high quality bolts would be a start. Then   
   look at the thread - that is visibly of poor quality, as is the shaping   
   of the head of the bolt. Overall, looks like cheap Chinese shit!   
      
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