
HOME FAQs BOOKS JOBS: Help Wanted Suggestions you are here: Hotline/Forum => Letter 11003
Compatibility of types of screws and nails (s/s vs. galvanized etc)
I am renailing a wooden vessel in brackish water of the Chesapeake Bay. What type of nail or screw is compatible with galvanized fasteners?
Jack RussellSkipjack Tours Inc - Piney Point, Maryland
Galvanized.
|
Tom Pullizzi Falls Township, Pennsylvania |
I know nothing of wood boats, but I do know zinc and saltwater, and I would be surprised if a galvanized nail or fastener lasted long enough. Why not stainless steel throughout?
|
Ted Mooney, P.E. finishing.com Brick, New Jersey |