Why Finish Nails Matter for Decking – A Veteran’s Perspective You don’t realize how crucial the right finish nails are until you’ve had to rip out decking boards after a winter storm — or worse, replace entire sections because the nails corroded and failed prematurely. I’ve been in industrial equipment and wood fastening long enough to say that the secret sauce behind a deck that lasts isn’t just in the wood grade or the sealing technique, but very much in those tiny finish nails you’ve probably overlooked. Finish nails for decking might sound like “small potatoes,” but they hold a deck’s inte…