brass or stainless steel bolts
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use stainless. Even if you have to order them.
Tom
Tom
SS Clips are cheap when you consider the value to the system that they offer. Get a couple different sizes for warm vs cold diving conditions...also some double enders. You cannot own too many clips (notice I did not say that you cannot have too many clips on your rig).
I have a myriad of SS bolt snaps...some from Reef Scuba, some from an LDS, some from FifthD, and a couple from EE. Some of mine work really smoothly and some don't...some have a little rust on them and some don't. Since I can't remember for the life of me which ones I got where, which places have you had really good SS bolt snaps from?
I use both brass and SS. Have no problems with either, unless I slip up and let one sit without cleaning and oiling after a trip.
Rick
Rick
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I get all mine from my LDS. Chances are they use the same supplier as FifthD does.
Tom
I knew there was something I should have been doing to them instead of just rinsing...
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I use both, but mostly brass, and I dive in very fresh water. The brass one's have treated me well with no maintenance at all.
Mike
Mike
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I don't oil mine. When I rinse them I move the lever back and forth a few times while in the rinse tank, that's all.
Tom
Tom
After every dive I rinse 'em. After every trip I rinse 'em, inspect 'em, clean if necessary and give 'em a light WD40 wipedown and a tiny little spray on the spring. If it's going to be awhile until my next trip with that bolt snap, then my routine is to take 'em off whatever they're attached to, then a rinse followed by a hot vinegar bath and soak for about 15 minutes, a hot fresh water rinse, drying and oiling before storage. I don't reattach at this time, as I like to use rubber breakaways cut from bicycle innertubes and if they're stored assembled the rubber tends to deteriorate. Doesn't take as long as it sounds, and I have many snaps both brass and steel that are over a decade old and still working fine.
Rick
