I thought they should be chromed steel too ..... I tried Denny's idea with a magnet and they proved [at least in my mind] to be stainless ..... in addition, there were scuffs or rough places that had no rust at all while everything else in and around the buckets were rusted to 'high heaven' ..... now I'm hammer and dollying out the dings so they can be placed back on the refurbished buckets ..... living in south Louisiana everything that has been around this long seems to be rusted out .... thanks everyone for your feedback [oh, and the idea of using Barkeeper's Friend to polish stainless I saw somewhere on the bolt this week makes this a cheap, money-wise anyway, repair .... having pretty good luck hammering the dings in the stainless
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