Friday, October 10, 2025
The Ancient Eastern Art Of Bulshito - "Stainless Steel Part 2"
Yep, stung again by an Amazon supplier. Advertised as 0.3mm Stainless Steel Wire. Absolutely not, as you can see. Some plated copper muck:
So three spools of that can go in the bin. My first clue was that it started copper-plating the spoon, er, cathode in my electrolysis setup:
FYI I was using 1% nitric acid rather than my usual salt water. I intended to see if that would stop the production of cloudy iron hydroxide so I could tell when the end fell off the etched probe more easily. Turns out I need to try a different batch of wire, huh?
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My sympathies. Not long ago I bought some expensive, super thin, Nitinol wire for some experiments, turns out the stuff they sold me was not prepared to "remember" anything.
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