Here are a couple of photos. If someone would like to put them on elec-trac.org or somewhere else, that would be good. I change servers occasionally, so these links won't work forever.
http://h1.ripway.com/hlandis/mowerdeck1.JPG
http://h1.ripway.com/hlandis/mowerdeck2.JPG
I scraped off the mess around the left motor so you could see there is no rust. It's probably the first cleaning since it was galvanized 3 or 4 years ago.
Harry Landis
From: welches dejazzd com
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:42:43 -0500
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) A new coat of paint....
Harry,
Can you post (or email) a pic or two of your galvanized deck? Also, does the galvanizing hold up on the underside where most decks have rust pits already?
Thanks,
Steve
On Nov 16, 2009, at 9:54 AM, harry landis wrote:
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.
_______________________________________________
Elec-trak mailing list
Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it now.
|
