Stainless Steel Coils

After I finished my siding I was impressed at how much using the stainless steel coil siding nails and my new nail gun helped me finish this project in record time. It's been a little over a year now since I last installed the siding and true to the power of stainless steel nails there is not the slightest bit of rust to be found anywhere. By using the nail gun I was also able to sink my stainless steel siding nails into the wood so after I painted you can't even tell there is a nail there!

Coiled nails are specifically designed for use in nail guns. They are held together by a think strip of plastic that breaks away when the nail is driven into the material it is holding. With the right sized gun and air supply you can be shooting a nail into the surface every 2 seconds! Talk about speed!

So what makes a stainless steel coil siding nail different than a regular stainless steel siding nail? Nothing really, except for the fact the nails are held together on a coil that feeds directly into my nail gun. I no longer had to wear my arm out trying to pound siding nails into the wood in 100 degree heat. I was shooting my coiled stainless steel siding nails into the siding at a record pace. I was to the point I was installing a new piece of siding every 5 minutes!

First, let me explain why I used stainless steel nails instead of regular nails despite their higher cost. I knew that over the lifetime of the siding the weather and other factors would be at play from the moment I struck my first nail. Stainless steel siding nails made the most sense because I know over time they won't corrode or rust away. With wooden siding I as particularly concerned about the appearance of any type of nail over time. I had seen firsthand what regular galvanized nails can do to wood and paint after just a few short months. Rust spots appear and start streaking down the paint. Before you know it you are repainting and replacing nails and giving up a lot of free weekends to do it. With stainless steel coil siding nails I knew I would enjoy a lifetime of worry-free installation thanks to their anti-rusting and anti-corrosion characteristics.

This past summer I decided that it was time to put up new siding on my house. After doing some research I decided to go with a wood siding instead of vinyl because I preferred the look of wood over vinyl. As I started to go about the process of installing the siding I soon realized that using my hammer and siding nails I was going to be here until Christmas. There had to be a better way. Luckily I remembered a neighbor of mine showing me his coiled nail gun not too long ago. A quick trip to my local do-it-yourself center and I was picking up my own coil nail gun and a supply of stainless steel coil siding nails.

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