Air Nailer Nail type advice

cheekytrucker · 6 Apr 2013

Hi,
I am about to nail some skirting on to solid concrete block walls using a concrete air nailer and am after some advice with regards the type of nails to use.
Is Bostitch Straight Finish Nails 16g 50mm capable of this task

http://bostitch.co.uk/products/fastener-details/sb16-2.00/

many thanks

Glenn

kostello · 6 Apr 2013

You need hardened steel nails to go into brick or concrete.

If you use a regular air nailer/ nails they will just bend and get stuck in the magazine

cheekytrucker · 6 Apr 2013

hi,
would these do the job for me?

http://bostitch.co.uk/products/fastener ... s/hcfn-50/
http://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/Bost ... 0of%201500

both links are for the same product, the second link says they are hardened for a concrete block nailer, would the heads show much?

cheers
Glenn

carlb40 · 6 Apr 2013

What gun is it? You may need to get specific nails for that gun.

If you are after bostitch nails a quick google got these

http://www.tooled-up.com/product/stanle ... mm/122254/

cheekytrucker · 6 Apr 2013

hi,
my gun is a Jefferson (Jefcn1) concrete nailer, which will take up to 50mm, I already have 40mm bostitch 16g nails, so I know the bostitch fit.
The 20mm would not give very much depth as the skirting is quite thick, thats why I thought the 50mm as its the max the gun will take. My compressor is a 3hp 160ltr.

cheers G

RogerBoyle · 6 Apr 2013

I don't see why they wouldn't work TBH
They are hardened nails and you are using a gun designed to fire hardened nails and you say the bostich nails work in your gun
The nails will be below the surface if you have set the gun up correctly

Roger