Davoud:
I bought some hot-dipped galvanized nails ...
... After too many bent nails I examined the nails. Where they bent
the zinc peeled off revealing aluminum beneath. I also noted that
hammer blows caused the nail heads to shed some zinc in nails that did
not bend.

dpb:
I've never seen nor heard of galvanized Al nails -- I suspect they're
simply a very soft steel import. What does the box say?

Only that they are hot-dip galvanized. But they are, indeed, aluminum.

On the subject of nails I'm finding harder to get decent quality nails
any more, even from the "real" lumber or hardware stores.

Ain't it da truth!?

Davoud

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