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RE: To dip or not to dip?

To: KVacek@aol.com, triumphs@autox.team.net, who@sover.net
Subject: RE: To dip or not to dip?
From: "Richard Ceraldi-ERC004" <Richard_Ceraldi-ERC004@email.mot.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 8:52:57 -0500
X400-mts-identifier: [ /P=MOT/A=MOT/C=US/ ; m\il02n\961025085257p ]
The sandblasting should do a good enough job for the galvanizing to take 
care of the rust. Of course you should understand this does not work if your 
frame already looks like swiss cheese.
Richard   
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Subject: Re: To dip or not to dip?

>>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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