Cutting Stainless Steel

[delmarrey]

Originally Posted by beneteau-500

having worked in the gas industry for yrs after we either cut or welded stainless steel we always pickled and pasted it then polished it and it never discoloured or rusted

Yes!!!! If it's going to be welded/heated or machined at all it'll need to be pickled/passivated. Using a steel wire brush will cause stains to form and even polishing. Passivating eats the iron from the surface, which protects the under metal. "But rust never sleeps" so after a couple or more years a hand polish with a SS polish will keep it shinny.

Rick posted this trick a few years ago.... http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...teel-1950.html

[FSMike]

ggray - (& everybody else)
Thanks for the tipper definition.