"Stainless Steel vs. Galvanized vs. Zinc Plated Fasteners"
· Even 303 stainless is an excellent choice much of the time. Zinc plated and galvanized fasteners are made of steel with a sacial zinc coating. That coating is eventually consumed. Galvanized coatings are almost always several times thicker than electroplated coatings, so galvanized fasteners greatly outlast zinc plated fasteners.