Make sure, you use marine grade stainless hardware that is 316 stainless...304 is also "marine grade" but not as good a grade. Also, remember that nuts and bolts need to be of the same metal, to avoid galvanic corrosion. Otherwise, whichever is less noble will be corroded. This goes for adjoining washers and plates, too. I've been reading a book on this stuff lately, and discovering that choosing the correct metals for your boat's fittings and other do-dads can make the difference between strength and watertightness versus catastrophic failure. I'm also learning that there are levels of "marine grade", and that many things in marine stores are more suited for non-polluted freshwater use than for ocean use or polluted freshwater use. But like they say, an educated consumer is a happy consumer (or buyer beware). ;-) Regards, Leander leander_at_worldnet.att.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 02 1999 - 04:40:12 PDT
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