On Sep 10, 7:27*pm, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:45:04 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France



wrote:
On Sep 9, 11:15*pm, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:02:21 +0100, Cynic wrote:
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:31:12 -0700 (PDT), tony
wrote:

On Sep 9, 5:23*am, tony wrote:
Last summer I bought 2 stainless steel watering cans from Tesco.
At the start of the season this year, they were showing signs of rust
and leaking.
Tesco have refused to refund the cost as I do not have the recipt
I am reluctant to take the company to the small claims court because
of the cost,
but all gardeners should be aware of Tesco's attitude
I will probably cut up my Tesco club card and send it to Leahy
Tony Bullwww.caterpillarfountain.co.uk

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.
It is rather unlikely that I would use it to apply anaerobic seawater
to my plants!!!!!!!

Did it rust around the welds? *I have seen inappropriate welding rods
being used on stainless.

If you heat s/s steel enough it stops being stainless.
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Martin

So that's what happened to my hob in the kitchen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Has it gone blue/black?
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Martin

Something like that :-)

Judith