Dear Solers!
Hi Rich,
Are you shure , you talking about galvanising ???
Because most of the frames will (sorry german term straight translated)be
"fire zinc plated". That'll mean nothing else than dip the frame into a hot, I
think 300-500C°, zinc bath. (I did that with my TR4 frame)
Galvanising bathes I know, are not for such large parts, .... (IMHO)
Anyway, if you really meant galvanising, I've learnt again! :)
If someone is interested in my experiences with "hot bath zinc plating" (whats
the right term here??), I could wright a small letter about it!
BFN
Pete
Peter Juergens
Dortmund/Germany
TR4 daily
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To: triumphs@autox.team.net@INTERNET; Ceraldi-ERC004 Richard
From: KVacek@aol.com@INTERNET on Thu, Oct 24, 1996 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: To dip or not to dip?
In a message dated 96-10-23 11:30:35 EDT, you write:
<< As far as the frame and ensuring rust protection internally the best
results
will to have the entire frame hot dipped galvanized. The inside will be
protected many times better than an attempt at painting. As far as the
outside goes you can just paint it for cosmetic purposes as the galvanizing
will do the rest. >>
Karl Wrote:
>>Do you have a source for hot dip galvanizing someting as large as a TR
>>frame at any kind of price that would make it practical? I'd expect the
very >>few facilities in the country that could conceivably do this would be
doing
>>long-run production, and even if one had an "in" with such a company, the
>>price would be a couple of thousand dollars at least!!
I am not sure what part of the country you are in but just looking under
"Galvanizing" in the Austin Tx yellow pages I found 5 different phone
numbers. A LBC frame is only seems large in your eyes. It is nothing
compared to what most galvanizing business do.
In the Dallas area I had a large frame for a boat lift galvanized for
around 75 bucks. This was not a good old boy deal just me coming in off the
street with some parts. I don't think a LBC frame is any larger than boat
trailers I've seen. Galvanizing is a cheap process. If it was in the
thousands you would not see all the $300-400 galvanized trailers for
catamarans or sailing dingys. I would think that any area that is remotely
industrial, has farming or ranching will have galvanizing companies within
driving distance.
Regards,
Richard Ceraldi
71 GT6 MKIII KF166L
Austin, TX
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