I have been using a project drag board for about 2 months (grey board). Its the first board I have had with a carbon track box. Anyways, I have experienced rapid corrosion on my stainless nuts. I am currently on my second set.

Generally I am not good about making sure my tracks are dry before storing the board and I seem to have been storing it up-side-down so the water isn't draining out. Also, I tend to leave my hardware in the track either with mast attached or nut. I have done this with other boards consistently and haven't seen this rate of corrosion.

Going forwards I plan to remove hardware and drain the boxes, but did the carbon track box contribute to more rapid corrosion?





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Mark _australia said..
I would expect a carbon track has an outer glass layer to prevent metal to carbon contact. Metal and carbon in saline is literally a battery. Electrolytic corrosion.

Mark _australia said..
I would expect a carbon track has an outer glass layer to prevent metal to carbon contact. Metal and carbon in saline is literally a battery. Electrolytic corrosion.

Does the type of metal matter? Should I be using those brass tnuts or something else different than stainless steel?

^^ Only on the old board, not the new one...?

I think those screw dents were in that blue board when I got it. Screws ain't bottoming out on the drag board with carbon tracks