finishing nails

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Finishing nails are used where the nail head must be hidden. They have small heads and smaller diameters than common nails.

Finishing nails, seen in profile, have a barrel-shaped head with a small diameter and a dimple on the top. After the nail is driven almost flush with the surface, the point of a nail set is placed in the dimple and the head driven below the surface. The resulting small hole can be filled with putty. Outdoors, in time the hole will tend to close by itself when the wood fibers swell.

Size	Length, inches	Gauge	Number per pound
2d	1	16½	1,351
3d	1¼	15½	807
4d	1½	15	584
5d	1¾	15	500
6d	2	13	309
7d	2¼	13	238
8d	2½	12½	189
9d	2¾	12½	172
10d	3	11½	121
12d	3¼	11½	113
16d	3½	11	90
20d	4	10	62