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Actually its not as simple at that! Galvanizing goes thru many stages between emerging from the tank and about 2 years. Items painted within hours of galvanizing or after about 2 years generally have no problem holding paint. But between 1 day and 2 years there are a number of issues that affect whether paint will stay on. My advice would be: 1) Tell the galvanizer that you will be painting the product. Some companies do a post treatment that is incompatible with paint. 2) Find a primer that specifically says it is for new galvanizing. There are some out there. 3) Paint as soon as possible or wait a season. John Briese I-5 Owner of steel fabricating company. From: hlandis hotmail com To: daveb drizzle com; cz alembic crystel com Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:54:18 +0000 CC: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu Subject: Re: (ET) A new coat of paint.... You can't paint galvanized steel if the zinc has had enough time to oxidize, as the paint won't stick. But if you do it quick enough it works. I don't know if the time is seconds, hours or days. My local galvanizing place offers to paint it when they finish galvanizing. They are V&S Galvanizing, with several locations nationwide. For others, try the Yellow Pages or Mr Google. He knows a lot of stuff. Harry Landis > Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:44:32 -0800 > From: daveb drizzle com > To: cz alembic crystel com > CC: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu > Subject: Re: (ET) A new coat of paint.... > > the yellow pages under galvinizing or metals perhaps > > Christopher Zach wrote: > > harry landis wrote: > >> I've mentioned it before, but I don't think anyone but me has done it- > >> Find the nearest place that does hot dip galvanizing, unbolt > >> everything unboltable from the deck, and give them all the pieces to > >> galvanize. Any pinholes will be filled, the reinforcing angles will > >> get even more firmly attached, and it will never rust again. Some > >> places can even paint it, but there's no real reason to do so. You'll > >> get used to the zinc color in a couple of days. Replace all the old > >> bolts with stainless. > > > > Hm. Is there a problem painting zinc; will normal latex paint stick to > > it? > > > > How does one go about finding a hot dip galvanizing shop? > > > > Chris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Elec-trak mailing list > > Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu > > https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elec-trak mailing list > Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu > https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it now. |