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RE: To dip or not to dip?

To: KVacek@aol.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: To dip or not to dip?
From: "Richard Ceraldi-ERC004" <Richard_Ceraldi-ERC004@email.mot.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 12:06:42 -0500
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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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