Re: (ET) galvanizing

["Elie, Larry \(L.D.\)" <lelie ford com>]

How did you clean the deck?  Sandblast?  Chemical etch?  Or was that
part of the deal?

I hope you added some bracing to the lift arm area BEFORE the
galvanization.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of harry
landis
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 6:17 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) galvanizing


For those of you looking for another way to entertain yourselves with
your 
ETs, here's something I did.

I have an E12 which had a rotted out deck, bad enough that I didn't care
to 
try welding it back together. But I also had a spare deck that was in
pretty 
good shape. I don't want to worry about it rusting out if I didn't clean
it 
off after use, so I figured it needed some kind of protection. I
considered 
the POR route, but then remembered that was an industrial galvanizing
place 
nearby. So I called and made the deal..
I took the deck all apart and brought it to them in pieces A few days
later 
it was ready, all nice and shiny gray. I put it back together with all
SS 
fasteners. I had to retap a couple of holes that got filled with zinc
and 
also ream out a lot of others to get them back to size, but there rere
no 
real problems.. and it al works fine. I don't think I'll have much
problems 
with rust now. It's probably a bit stronger than before as the zinc gets

under the weldments and kind of glues them together, and also the extra
3 or 
4 mil of zinc on each side probably helps some.
They normally  charge by the weight of the item to be galvanized, at
$500 
per ton. But the minimum was $175. So that's what it cost. If I had had
10 
decks, it would have cost the same.
Maybe someone could try it with a whole tractor.

Harry Landis



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