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Tom Gardner[_29_] Tom Gardner[_29_] is offline
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On 10/21/2014 3:05 PM, Ivan Vegvary wrote:
1948 Pontiac
All the trim is supposed to be stainless, not chrome. Does this mean that
the tarnish and rust can simply be polished out as opposed to expensive re-plating?
I thought stainless is not supposed to rust.
Please enlighten me. Thank you.
Ivan Vegvary


If a carbon steel wire brush is used on stainless, the stainless will
become contaminated and will rust.