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tony wrote:

I think many of you are missing the point.
The arguments about the merits and properties ae largely superfluous
I actually have a degree in metallurgy and spent around 30 years heat
treating steels, some of them stainless steels
The watering can was sold to me as stainless steel I would not expect
it to start to rust after less than a year. It is not fit for purpose.

That depends entirely whether the rust is impairing the can
cosmetically or structurally. I have had quite a lot of stainless
steel gods that have suffered cosmetic rust and, in things like
gardening equipment, there is no way that makes them unfit for
purpose.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.