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Article: Get the red out: selecting the correct fastener for use in new pressure-treated woods is critical to preventing corrosion, rust, and fastener failure.(Product Monitor)
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- Prosales
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- October 1, 2004
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Since the phase-out of CCA-treated lumber, concerns have surfaced regarding the higher corrosivity of alkaline copper quaternary (ACQ)--one of the most common new preservatives in use--and its potential effect on some fasteners. The industry has acknowledged that ACQ is more corrosive than CCA, but there is no generally accepted measurement of how much faster corrosion occurs in ACQ lumber.
"[Predicting] corrosion is a technically complex matter," says John Kurtz, executive vice president of the International Staple, Nail and Tool Association (ISANTA), especially when you try to predict the corrosion rate of all the fasteners available on the market in any given ...