[DeTomaso] Schwing-worthy hardware for ZF etc.

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/27/10 10 14 29, cengles at cox.net writes:


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>                  You wrote: >>>All hardware has to be plated with 
> something or else it will rust immediately when exposed to moisture.  All fasteners 
> that aren't cad-plated, or black oxide, are zinc-plated.  When you go 
> through your local hardware store and look at all the silver-colored nuts, 
> bolts, screws etc., that's zinc you're seeing.
> 
>>>I gooned that up.   I failed to include, "...except stainless steel, of 
course, which doesn't need to be plated because it's stainless steel".   
Whoops! :>)
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> >                 And you wrote: You don't have to plate stainless steel 
> because stainless steel is, uh, stainless? :>)
> 
>>>Right.   Meant to say that originally and forgot. :>)
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>   
>   >              I am confused.   Aren’t  those two statements 
> contradictory, i.e. “you don’t have to plate stainless steel because its stainless” 
> as opposed to “all hardware has to be plated with something or else it will 
> rust immediately when exposed to moisture”? 
> 
>>>Yes, contradictory because I forgot to mention the stainless steel 
exception to the rule.

> >      I do note from Kirby and others that there are differing qualities 
> of stainless steel, but I would offer that Chuck Melton’s  stainless steel 
> acorn nuts, albeit polished, have not show any sign of rusting.   So you’
> re saying that some stainless steel rusts and needs zinc coating and some 
> stainless steel alloys do not need zinc?
> 
>>>No, what I meant was that all normal steel hardware needs some sort of 
plating (usually zinc, gold-colored is cadmium), but stainless steel doesn't. 
  Normal stainless is sort of dull; it can be polished to a very bright 
finish, but will periodically need to be repolished to retain its luster in a 
high-grime environment.

Cheers!

Mike