Method for manufacturing of stainless steel strips

A method for manufacturing strips of stainless steel, comprising:

• hot rolling a strip comprising stainless steel in an initial process, wherein the hot rolling is stopped when the strip thickness has been reduced to a thickness between 2.0 and 6.5 mm, and wherein during the hot rolling, the hot rolled strip is quenched from a final hot rolling temperature to a temperature above 650° C. and below 700° C.;
• and
• passing the hot rolled strip through a cold rolling line to produce a cold rolled strip, wherein the cold rolling line comprises, in the following order:
• at least one initial cold rolling mill;
• at least one annealing section;
• a scale breaking section;
• a shot blasting section;
• at least one pickling section utilizing a mixture of nitric acid HNO3, hydrofluoric acid HF, and optionally sulphuric acid H2SO4;
• and
• at least one terminating cold rolling mill,
• wherein the hot rolled strip entering the at least one initial cold rolling mill is covered with ductile, dark coloured oxides formed during the hot rolling that substantially remain on the strip after the strip passes through the at least one initial cold rolling mill.