Sheradised/Galvanised nails

dmac

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Jun 15, 2002, 11:12:28 AM6/15/02

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Curious to know what the difference is between sheradising and
galvainising, I believe they both involve zinc as a protector. Which is more
durable?

What I really wanted was a source for small quantities of stainless nails (1
1/2" lost heads) but a simple source avoids me. Didn't think the zinc on
the nail head would be worth much after it was bashed in . . .

Any opinions?
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TJ

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Jun 15, 2002, 3:48:54 PM6/15/02

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I use zinc clouts the whole time. If any of the galvanizing does bas off I
just replace that nail, but its rare, as long as you hit them square. If you
bend the head they will buckle and lose the zinc.

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keith

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Jun 15, 2002, 4:50:03 PM6/15/02

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Galvanised nails are hot dipped in zinc and last longer.
sheradised nails are electro plated with a thin coat.
Stainless steel nails are very expensive.
There are other types of nails like copper, aluminium and brass.
You don't state what your using the nails for.

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dmac

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Jun 15, 2002, 5:17:16 PM6/15/02

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keith <tr...@emptyword.com> writes

>Galvanised nails are hot dipped in zinc and last longer.
>sheradised nails are electro plated with a thin coat.
>Stainless steel nails are very expensive.
>There are other types of nails like copper, aluminium and brass.
>You don't state what your using the nails for.
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Thanks for the info. I'm nailing-in wooden glazing bars on a number of
windows. A pro glazed some of them for me and used stainless nails - it
just impressed me and thought I would follow suit - only 12 or so per sash
so cost was of little issue. I have also seen many nail heads rust in moist
environments and thought it might be nice to use them on special
occasions. I suppose galvanised should do the job but I was worried about
the galvanising getting dinked off when hammering in - TJs post suggests
this is not a problem.

My pop used copper nails on weather boarding when he built his house but
all I see these days are copper plated - yuk.

Thanks,
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dmac

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Jun 15, 2002, 5:35:59 PM6/15/02

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Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> writes
>Umm, no. Sheradising is done by tumbling the parts to be coated with
>zinc dust, sand and flux and heating the mix to fuse the zinc to the
>components.
Always thought of hot dipped galvanised as looking very rough for a semi
visible job, does sheradised look any neater, also any durability
comments?
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TJ

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Jun 15, 2002, 6:14:45 PM6/15/02

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You can get brass pins tooobviously, but if you want them to match, can you
not ask the 'pro' for a handful of the same nails?

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simon beer

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Jun 16, 2002, 1:59:00 PM6/16/02

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"dmac" <n...@email.supplied> wrote in message news:Li4CkKAL86C9Ew+w@y.z...

> Thanks for the info. I'm nailing-in wooden glazing bars on a number of
> windows. A pro glazed some of them for me and used stainless nails - it
> just impressed me and thought I would follow suit - only 12 or so per sash

Go to your local glazier company, they will sell brass glazing pins in packs
of 50 as well as other sorts. I bought some for my wood windows they are
25mm. Don't know if they would have stainless though.