Partially coated fastener assembly and method for coating

A fastener assembly, comprising:

• a plurality of plated fasteners arranged in a row, each of the plated fasteners including a shank, a head connected to the shank, a tip at an end of the shank opposite the head, and a single protective plating, the protective plating consisting essentially of zinc;
• a collation component bonded to the shanks of the plated fasteners and maintaining the plated fasteners in the row;
• and
• a polymer composition applied directly to the single protective plating and coating the head and a portion of to shank, the polymer composition consisting essentially of about 50-95% by weight of a polymer material and about 5-50% by weight metal particles which consist of aluminum, and covering less than 50% of a total length of each fastener.