[C320-list] Screws for interior timber trim

[Stephen Cox]

David,

If you are getting stainless screws, make sure they are 316 grade rather than 304.  316 grade doesn't get anywhere near the "tea
staining" that 304 does.  If you are looking for silicon bronze screws you will need to go to a specialty shop, not the sort of
thing Bunnings carry.  If you Google "silicon bronze screws australia" you will bring up a range of suppliers.

Regards,

Stephen Cox
Tegwen #1141
Canberra AUS

> 
> Thanks all for your feedback.....silicon bronze sounds right 
> then, they are definitely brown all down length of shaft and 
> not stainless, and definitely are the original screws.
> Re the rusting...a couple have rusted only where the trim has 
> been damaged by sea water leaking from port light just 
> above....the rest of the timber is fine so it's pretty clear 
> where the water came from, and the timber trim is stained a 
> little just in these areas.  I think(?) I have addressed the 
> leaks just by treating the rubber seal which had dried out 
> somewhat, by using Armourall which had been suggested by a 
> friend and does seem to have rejuvenated the seals.  There is 
> a fair chance that the admiral - I'll use that term I have 
> seen used by others in this forum - may have left the 
> portlights open on one of our first trips on the boat, on a 
> wet and windy day, before we realised that these really need 
> to be shut when under way and opened only when the weather is 
> dry...but no matter, we don't seem to have had any more water 
> enter these since then.
> 
> Thanks again for the feedback, this forum is fantastic.
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