There is no paint problem with this system. There is a process to prevent
hydrogen imbrittlement, but I forgot what that was and this place takes this
step. With this zinc process, you could drive a bare body on a salty New Jersey
road all the time and the body WILL NOT rust.The paint will stick to the zinc
with no problem. This company does work mostly for industrial projects. Witchita
should have a plating company, it is a big city. There is a powder coating
comapny in Fresno Calif and you could drive a truck in its oven. Man, it is big.
Oh yeah, You don't have to be able submerge the intire cab. It can be turned a
few times as needed. Of course, there will be a streak in the zinc, but who
cares, its getting painted anyway.
Deve Krehbiel wrote:
> Good advice if you live near Albuquerque or a big city but here in Kansas I
> have searched and cant seem to find a place that dips the whole cab. Just
> not enough demand I guess. Same thing for powder coating. So, there is a
> place in Wichita called Kansas Dry Strip. They use glass beads and bead
> blast the entire cab inside and out. There has been some speculation on this
> list in the past about chemical dipping causing a serious problem with the
> paint process. After awhile, the paint begins to peal near the seams because
> it wasnt properly dried. I'm not sure what I would do if I had a choice..
> luckily, there is no choice here, its dry stripping.
>
> I have my appointment for next week to take the cab, fenders, bed and all
> the parts too big for my blast cabinet to them. They say it takes about a
> day or two, then I have to coat the parts with primer right away. Gonna be a
> busy week next week!
>
> Deve
> 50 3100
> 49 3600
> www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
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