How to distinguish stainless steel from regular steel

**jennija** · 12-26-2013, 01:28 PM

thanks for the tips guys, this one is for either one of you, i just scrapped a ton of aluminum pots and when separating the handles they all look the same, but half wont stick to a magnet and the other half will, does that automatically void the half that stuck to the magnet half from being stainless?? Also...not on SS I have a ton of scrap magnets, are they worth any more than shred? I've always just tossed em in my shred bin

**newattitude** · 12-26-2013, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by jennija

thanks for the tips guys, this one is for either one of you, i just scrapped a ton of aluminum pots and when separating the handles they all look the same, but half wont stick to a magnet and the other half will, does that automatically void the half that stuck to the magnet half from being stainless?? Also...not on SS I have a ton of scrap magnets, are they worth any more than shred? I've always just tossed em in my shred bin

Some handles will be steel, some will be die cast and some will be plastic. Wait, we are talking about Aluminum posts n pans right? lol, I think I'm getting confused now.

Let me put it this way,if the handle is soldered on, my yard will usually still pay SS (if the handle is on a SS pot)