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    Posted: 23 Nov 13 at 4:43pm
Why do all my aluminium fittings have stainless fixings. I guess all the dinghy designers skipped the galvanic corrosion course as they figured it only applied to steel ships... doh!
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Duralac is what you need.
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Originally posted by hobbiteater

Why do all my aluminium fittings have stainless fixings.

Probably because aluminium fastenings break.
As long as they use the nasty yellow gunge then no real issue.
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