Prefer stainless steel hardware, but bolt heads need to be black for this project, which involves decking with protruding dome-shaped bolt heads. So cargo will be sliding back and forth on top of the heads. Is there a reliable, durable, scratch-resistant way to turn the bolt heads black--or find identical bolts that are black to begin with? Is black oxide the only choice? (My impression is it's not particularly durable.) Thanks for any help!
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Black Bolts?
- Thread starter jaymar_
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beemerphile
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You could use black stainless. Either blacken them or if available in the size and head design you need there are black stainless bolts available from various sources. You are right that black oxide is not durable.
Whoa, who knew? Thanks! I wonder if the hard coat on the threads will damage the mating threads if they're run in and out a few times?You could use black stainless. Either blacken them or if available in the size and head design you need there are black stainless bolts available from various sources. You are right that black oxide is not durable.
beemerphile
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Actually quite the opposite.Whoa, who knew? Thanks! I wonder if the hard coat on the threads will damage the mating threads if they're run in and out a few times?
beemerphile
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It is not the hardness so much as the surface finish that affects wear, galling, etc. Having a difference in hardness between the mating parts is good as well.Hmmm. I was thinking of porcelain teeth wearing on adjacent, natural teeth. Perhaps a poor analogy...
nadogail
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You could Blue them, a firearms supplier can sell you blueing.