Originally Posted by
repechage
Don't open the packages, just do the magnet test, only the fasteners will be attracted.
The Chrome versions for sure came in the glassine envelopes semi transparent, they got discolored by the lube that rust protected the fasteners.
For a rider, keep the stainless.
Soon Chrome will be a status symbol for very rich, the cost of toxic disposal is climbing fast, not to mention worker protection.
A few painters in Southern California have lost their chromer.
so it goes.
Really? you mean the chrome nullifies the magnetic attraction to the underlying steel? Interesting, I never would have guessed. None of the - what i would describe as a sort of wax paper - envelopes are transparent really.... but all but one are quite faded.
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