Yellow brass has no worthy function on a boat, be it in salt water of fresh.
This metal is too soft to hold anything secure. If the screws don't break
off when installed they will soon fail due to strain or shear. All true boat
hardware should be installed with bronze, stainless or monel.


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My experience and opinion, FWIW
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Steve
s/v Good Intentions


"ahoy" wrote in message
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Someone said not to use them as they would dissolve from the sal****er
in 6 months after turning the surrounding wood black. Is this true? I
guess bronze would be the thing if you wanted a more traditional look
to stainless? I had planned to varnish over them. Thanks as always.