"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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Leuf wrote:
I hereby propose that brass screws be deemed weapons of mass
destruction, and that they all be gathered up and melted down.
snip

If you want an argument, change the subject.

Brass is strictly a no-no in my yard since in the marine environment, sea
water will leach out the zinc.

As a result, any brass or steel fasteners that come with hardware just get
tossed in the trash.

When it comes to fasteners, it's bronze or S/S for me since they usually
represent a relatively small part of the total cost of a project.

Depends on what you're doing--brass is mainly decorative. It's also the
"right" fastener to use when attaching something made of brass--you don't
want whatever is being attached to become a sacrificial anode for your
fasteners. For a "brass" piano hinge brass-plated steel is usually the
"right" fastener as the hinge itself is usually brass-plated steel. If it's
solid brass then brass would be the matching fastener. In either case using
bronze wouldn't gain you anything as if the fasteners are sufficiently
exposed for galvanic action to be an issue then so is the hinge.

Lew