# New question on stainless steel pins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-question-on-stainless-steel-pins/202008>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 16, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-question-on-stainless-steel-pins/202008 "2003-09-16T21:15:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-question-on-stainless-steel-pins/202008/21 "2003-10-01T02:02:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by PurplePerson \*  
> \*\*This is very interesting. I think I started a stainless pin topic and also the rust topic. I am presently trying to rust 2 stainless steel pins. They have been in a wet paper towel, now for about 2 weeks and nothing has happened. I will carry on and endure with my experiment. . . . or is it time to stop? \*\*

Try adding salts and other chlorine or halogen-containing compounds.

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**Author:** ![PurplePerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PurplePerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurplePerson)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-question-on-stainless-steel-pins/202008/22 "2003-10-01T11:27:31Z")

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I will add a bit of salt, right now. Thank you. I’m not sure I can add Clorox with salt, so I will not do that, yet.

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**Author:** ![Blown\_Injected](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@Blown\_Injected](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blown_Injected)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-question-on-stainless-steel-pins/202008/23 "2003-10-01T15:02:06Z")

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Try chlorine. Pool chemical stuff should work.

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**Author:** ![PurplePerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PurplePerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurplePerson)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-question-on-stainless-steel-pins/202008/24 "2003-10-03T03:15:52Z")

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OK. Sooner or later, I will proove these pins rust. However for as long as the are taking to rust, I could probably be able to trust their longevity in a cross stitch over time.

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