On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 05:46:45 -0700 (PDT), whisky-dave wrote:

Given that stainless steel nuts/bolts/screws are dirt cheap nowadays

it's a great pity that this sort of thing doesn't have all stainless

scrws/

Are the good ones that cheap? A friend of mine has a canel boat and was looking for screws and they cost a fortune as they are marine grade SS.
The saem goes for teh yatch varnish he's been using so muvh more expensive than the usual stuff.

Marine grade is, I assume, A4; A2 should be OK for freshwater use. I've used
A2 on bikes for decades and roads tend to be a bit saltier than canals.
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