I keep hearing the phrase ‘stainless steel’ and I’m still not sure why it’s such a selling point compared to regular steel. Is it just for aesthetic purposes?
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You have to match the steel to the job. Stainless doesn’t rust significantly but is more difficult to machine and it lacks “toughness” (it cracks instead of deforms.) Mild steel rusts but is very workable and difficult to break. Other flavors of steel are very hard or very flexible or very something else. It comes down to what you need the steel to do.
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