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Hex Heads Armor Plated screw kits

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The new "Armor Plated" screws from Hex Heads claim to be the toughest fastener on the planet!

A big problem with completely corrosion resistant screws, such as stainless steel screws is that in order to provide excellent corrosion resistances, chromium must be added to the material mix that makes up the screw. This trick of adding chromium is that it must be added with other elements while still meeting U.S. standards when manufacturing these fasteners...

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No doubt these are some good screws, but for someone who works for the only chromium plant in North America I can't bring myself to buy them. If they didn't mention the fact that they didn't contain chromium, I might have done it.lol I guess go Green is making its way into every aspect of our lives. Which is not a bad thing I guess.
 
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