Re: [Amc-list] Removing dents in Stainless trim

["dan whitehead" <freebird_58@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,
Armand is correct concerning stainless in the industry world.  When working 
with paper making machinery we used a lot of 316L Stainless Steel for the 
wet end of the machine (where the paper started as pulp).  In the shop we 
had to be careful of how it was treated, ie. no contamination from tools 
previously used on mild steel.  Even in the weld area there was concern of 
the dust from weld and grind just landing on the stainless.  After the 
machines were installed and before startup the stainless went through a 
chemical treatment to "clean" everything for this problem.  So, I can 
understand where Armand is coming from and not sure if it's the difference 
in types of stainless that makes the difference for the automotive 
application.  I do know that a lot of patience is required to tap the dings 
out of trim.

> Tom Jennings wrote:
> Well, two years later -- in rain and after being washed --
> no side effects. I dunno where the idea of iron embedding
> in stainless would come from. Stainless CONTAINS iron, for
> one. Two, it's a highly polished surface, embedment would be
> at the macro-molecular level, not chunks big enough to rust!
> Hard stainless isn't very soft, or porous. It's just not that
> touchy or sensitive a material or environment.

> There's always brass wool. Hard to find. It's great stuff, I
> need to mailorder some in fact, with some bras

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Armand Eshleman wrote:

> Wow !! I find that interesting !! When I was working as a pipefitter we 
> were
> always told never to use regular steel with anything
> that was stainless steel as the stainless would acquire the regular steel
> molecules on the surface and then show rust stains. We were always told to
> never mix the two. We did food grade stainless steel piping and tubing
> fabrication, which was very sensitive to quality. Maybe if the stainless 
> was
> never allowed to become wet and you protected it with a wax or sealer it
> would be OK, I know I will only use stainless steel wool on my stainless
> steel trim, and never use sandpaper that has been contaminated on regular
> steel. Nor use a regular steel wire brush on stainless steel, nor use a
> grinder wheel that had been grinding regular steel on stainless steel.
> but that's just me..........

s brushes.

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