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Pandion



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Harvey, any idea how that stuff holds up in salt water?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pandion wrote:
Harvey, any idea how that stuff holds up in salt water?


For the color paint I used "High Temp" spray cans. (Used for hot engine parts, or brake parts.) And it seemed to hold reasonably. The galvanizing worked better I think, because the colors seemed to flake or wear but it is still very evident where the painting was done.

The black was a wood stove paint I had already, and it was a bad choice due to the color was just too hard to see. I may switch to using the black sip ties where I had black paint, and skip repainting.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pandion wrote:
Harvey, any idea how that stuff holds up in salt water?


I have used several "cold galvanizing paints". The good ones contain in the 90% range of zinc powder. If there is no wear, they will hold up fairly well--such as on a trailer frame. You have to wire brush the metal, or os-phos it, to get rid of all rust. On anchor chains, not as well, since the cold galvanizing does not particularly wear well going thru the windlass. When it gets to the point where there is significant rust, I try and find some-one who is going to have a batch galvanized. When I had bigger boats, and galvanized 200 feet of 3/8" HT chain, and several 70# anchors, I could easily get 300 lbs--and make it worth while. We have a good galvanizer in Alabama, so often a number of boats will get-together a batch. There we get at least 10 mill--and often closer to 20 mil of hot dip galvanizing. That lasts, because it is "better" Than new. There is a caveat--that is there can be lumping of the zinc, and you have to break the links apart before use.
The galvanizing is a process:


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