There are dozens of different types of nails, each offering a completely different purpose and end result. Choosing the right nail for the right purpose or job is often vitally important for this very reason. The following is a quick, no nonsense required guide for choosing the perfect nail, no matter what purpose you are attempting to fulfill. The more that you know about what nails are capable of doing and achieving, the better off your home improvement and DIY projects will be in the long run.
- * Common Nails: Common nails are nails that have large and flat heads. These common nails are best suited for general construction where seeing the head once it has been driven in is not important.
- * Finish Nails: Finish nails have smaller and narrower heads that are capable of being driven below the wood's surface using a tool known as a nail punch.
- * Box Nails: Box nails are common nails, but they are narrower and are generally intended for lighter types of jobs,
- * Casing Nails: Casing nails are designed specifically to be countersunk, which means that they are meant to be driven underneath the surface of the wood, and they are best suited for trim work and cabinetry.
- * Brad Nails: Brads are nails that have nearly no head at all and they are very narrow, and are meant to nail thin pieces of wood together without causing them to split.
- * Roofing Nails: Roofing nails are nails with extremely large and flat heads, designed to hold roofing shingles in their places,
- * Wire Nails: These nails are very similar in nature to brad nails, although their heads are somewhat larger,
- * Ring Nails: This type of nail has rings along its shaft, allowing it to hold well in softer types of wood.
- * Steel Nails: This is the most common type of nail, and also is the least expensive but it cannot stand up well when it comes to the elements, and therefore they are best suited for interior use.
- * Spiral Nails: These nails have grooves shaped like spirals running along their shafts, which makes them hold well especially in harder types of wood,
- * Galvanized Nails: These nails are coated with Zinc, galvanizing them to allow for resistance to the elements, which makes them best suited for exterior uses.
- * Bright Nails: These nails are best suited for indoor and interior purposes because they do not have a finish that is resistant to corrosion.
- * Cement Coated Nails: These nails are nails that are coated with an adhesive that allows for a better holding capability,
- * Plastic Composite Nails: These nails are incapable of staining or rusting, and they tend to make a stronger connection than what metal nails are capable of.
- * Other Metals: Numerous other types of metals are also used for the purpose of making nails. Such materials are often capable of standing up well, especially to rust and corrosion, which allows for them to be well suited for outdoor use.
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Originally posted 2009-07-27 05:52:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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I liked this post because the humble nail is such a simple but vital item of DIY hardware. I didn’t release there are so many kinds of nails. We should celebrate the different types of nail. Although I think it would have been nice if you had included a picture of each type of nail so we can distinguish between them.
I like this post too! & dave, you’re right
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