I found this hard to believe myself, but I saw it with my own two eyes.

I had a metal pot with some stains on the bottom. I put chlorine bleach in the pot and left it for a few days.

I was surprised after the second day when I noticed what appeared to be rust spots developing in the pot.

Over the next couple of days, the rust spots grew.

After about 4 days, I finally dumped the chlorine out. Most of the stain was gone, but when I held the pot up to the sunlight there were a number of small holes in the bottom of the pot.

The pot said “stainless steel” on the bottom, created by the JA Bornschaft Company.

So there you have it: Proof that you should not attempt to clean metal pots (at least Stainless Steel ones) with chlorine bleach!