Stainless Steel Rivets...or Aluminium...Which to use?
I use Aluminium Rivets.
While both do not rust and the Stainless Rivets are shinier, I would recommend the Aluminium Rivets for one simple reason...They are easier to remove if you make a mistake.
Stainless Steel is hard on files. It dulls and wrecks them. You can actually melt the plastic from the heat generated simply filing them, trying to remove them.
They are also harder to set because the Stainless is harder than Aluminium. So the pressure needed to set them is greater than that needed for Aluminium. If you aren't careful...you can easily crack your parts.
There's nothing wrong with using stainless rivets. But you need to be aware that when setting them, you need to adjust your 'feel'.
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