Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Roger Hayter wrote:
I've got a cheap "stainless steel" Ebay gate stay that has quite a lot
of surface rust after a year outside. It actually looked like SS when
new. No metallurgical tests performed, maybe it is some kind of SS?

You can get surface rust on low grade SS - but it should take a long time
to get really bad, unlike MS.

Thanks. I think I shall describe it as a patina.

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Roger Hayter