Depending on the type of stainless its tendency to rust varies some types of stainless are better than others. In our case with the cars it is unlikely that we will ever have to be concerned with rust. Grinding will not diminish the properties and yes you can prep stainless for paint. I used to work for a company that made stainless steel splice closures for telephone lines. These are the ones you see hanging on telephone lines that are shiny (stainless) They also got burried. In certain environments where there is ground currents due to acidic or highly alkiline soils it rusts out just like regular steel. I have seen them reduced to a pile of rust. Not often but it does happen. So Stainless can rust in certain conditions I learned a lot about stainless. We used 318 stainless. and I have a whole different appreciation for stainless because of it. Actually it was part of the reason I bought a D. Ken [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/