Just wondering what all the marine and any others use for eyeletts and press studs (durables)??
Do you use Nickel coated, stainless steel or brass??
Allan
Depends on where you are; I live in northeastern Pennsylvania and all of my customer's use their boats in freshwater. So I use the cheaper nickel snaps.
But if I knew someone was going to use their boat on the ocean, I would only use stainless.
Salt water to very salty. All stainless apart from grommets, then I use brass, cos they are easier to close than ss & I don't have a decent press.
Suzi
I only have s/s, there is not that big a difference in price for the amount you use. 5c for brass, 7c for nickle or s/s.
I also use the stainless steel units however like Suzi it is a pain to set the eyeletts
I tried some nickle ones recently and the setting of them is so much easier and i can set them with my one tonne arbour press whereas i need a large press for the stainless ones
Not sure how they would stand up in the salt water though
Maybe it is a matter of using ss for marine and nickle for everything else
Allan
for grometts on my t top I have nickel and nickel brass snaps on my cover 2 years now on my saltwater canal and I see no ill effects isn't nickel brass a good thing?
Quote from: Mike on July 15, 2013, 07:52:11 pm
for grometts on my t top I have nickel and nickel brass snaps on my cover 2 years now on my saltwater canal and I see no ill effects isn't nickel brass a good thing?
Nickel & brass cost more than plain brass, here.
May be not quite as strong ? but I haven't had any fail.
While we are on the subject, ;) any recommendations on a new press ?
My Osborne button press is showing the strain.
Suzi