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   Guest_ | Aug 07, 2000 02:59am | #1

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   Terry, hot dipped nails are superior to electro galvanized nails.

   You can probably get documentation from brand name dealers like paslode or senco. The generics aren't going to provide info like that.

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   Terry_Bussey | Aug 14, 2000 03:09am | #2

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   Thanks, yea hats what I thought too. Its just so tempting to us my air nailer. Oh well back to the hammer.*TB

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   Terry_Bussey | Aug 14, 2000 03:38am | #3

   *Your message got me thinking about it more so I looked up Senco's WEB site. They have a great graph about a new nail they call weatherex. If you beleave their hype, this could be the nail I'm looking for, check that Web site out.*TB

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   Guest_ | Aug 15, 2000 11:29pm | #4

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   My Bostich finish nailer has 2-1/2" - 15GA stainless steel nails avail special order Bostich. I use these nails on decks for trim work and anchoring cedar balisters.
   I would not use them for deck flooring given their clipped finish heads and smooth shanks. Read no holding power.
   With that said, I have recently seen two newly constructed decks that used small head gunned nails through PT flooring. I wonder how well they will hold up since they had to add sq. drive screws, in some places, to back up the nails.

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   Guest_ | Aug 16, 2000 03:27am | #5

   *TB:You can get hot dipped nails for air nailers. The ones I have been using are full round head, screw shank, Senco style.I was told that that galvanized wire nails means that the materials were galvanized prior to assembly of the nails (heads welded on), so this type is even worse than electro-plated. Now, don't rip into me with too much zest, as I'll be the first to admit that I don't know exactly how nails are made.Also, tool crib has stainless steel gun nails for roughly $100 a box.

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   Guest_ | Aug 16, 2000 06:19pm | #6

   *I haven't kept up with nail forming technology, but some 30 years ago I worked in a steel plant where nails were made. The technology then was fairly simple. Steel wire was fed through a die/anvil. Grippers grabbed the wire and pushed it forward the proper amount and held it while the hammer slammed into the end of the wire, giving the head of the nail (the grippers gave the characteristic indentations on the shank of the nail a little ways below the head). The wire was then sheared off giving the proper length to the nail and resulting in the pointed end of the nail. The machines in use then were not all that large, a few feet in any dimension, were all mechanically driven, and ran at about "machine gun" speed - if I remember correctly. While the company made galvanized wire and galvanized nails, I was not aware of any galvanized wire being run through the nail machines. But of course, that was in another era.

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   Guest_ | Aug 19, 2000 06:33am | #7

   *You can get hot dipped galvies from Maze nails on the web.

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   Alex.O | Aug 22, 2000 07:25pm | #8

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   Hey, TB have you checked out Paslode's website @ http://www.paslode.com Galvanized nails are used for any applications where moisture is involved, even if you don't need it, you will not damage it by installing it (Trim application)As for Treated Lumber, if you are not in search of Stainless steel which is superior to all, try the TLN nails by Paslode.Higher corrosion resistance vs. Hotdipped for Treated Lumber applications.

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   Terry_Bussey | Aug 22, 2000 07:25pm | #9

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   question: Can anybody out there tell me the deal with galvanished air gun nails. The coil framing nails and 15 gauge trim nails look like common nails but are described as galvanished wire nails not coated. But the company has no kind of warranty on them. Which is fine but what the heck can you use them for, pressure treated decks? I can't find any info. from anyone about whether they could be used for treated decks and last as well as hot-dipped nails.*TB