After passing these pictures around Paul Mueller Company http://www.muel.com, the Stainless Steel plant my wife works at, they have come to the conclusion it looks like surface rust. They have a metal conditioner they use to somehow remove and stop this from happening. Don't ask me what it is, I don't know. I can find out if you would like. Please E-mail me off list wayofcain(at) aol.com if you would like the info. I can also get samples of this conditioner. I use it on my car and it's fantastic. I have also put their 300 Series stainless care brochure online at http://www.gobmc.org/Care&CleanofS-S.pdf They mostly make Stainless vessels out of 304 and 308 so substitute "car" for "vessel" in the literature. Otherwise, I use it as my stainless bible. It's amazing how vulnerable the steel really is. Cain Grimes 002835 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom" <tomciodmc@xxxx> wrote: > > I've uploaded some pictures of my car. Actually, some closeup views of my > 'not so stanless' steel. Go to the photo section on Yahoo to view them. Can > anyone tell me what to do with it? It looks like my car is developing some > nasty skin condition that looks like chicken pox. It looks awful! I did NOT > use steel wool or anything like that on the car, ever. But I don't know what > the PO might have done to it in the past. I have had this car for over a > year now and the panels were never perfect - I always had few spots here and > there, but never this much. What is going on? Do I have to regrain the > entire car? Will that help? > Those spots are not coming off when washing. The car was still wet in parts > when I tooks those pics. > Can somebody tell me the grit of the sand paper used on the flapper wheel? I > know that everyone says 60 grit, but that is true in the US. The 60 grit in > Europe is much finer. Does anyone know the EU equivalent? > > I'd like to thank everyone for helping me out with my transmission problem. > Although the problem still exists I appreciate your help. I am using fully > sythetic gear oil but it doesn't help any. I will soon start a complete > restoration of my car and I'll take care of that then. Right now the temps > are back to more normal (above freezing) range and the problem is much less > apparent. > > Thank you in advance > Tom Niemczewski > jamesik@xxxx > VIN 6149 (in Poland!) > Save the dream so you can live the dream... 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/