How would you clean out the inside of the frames and neutralize the rust
that is there already? The outside is obvious.
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> From: Richard Ceraldi-ERC004 <Richard_Ceraldi-ERC004@email.mot.com>
> To: KVacek@aol.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: To dip or not to dip?
> Date: Thursday, October 24, 1996 1:06 PM
>
>
> ________________________________________________________
> 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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