Galvanizing my Bumpers?
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Hot dip galvanizing is the best coating you can have from a corrosion perspective. You can paint it, but it takes some special chemical treating to get it to adhere well, but I don't see any reason, personally, to paint them.
I've used several spray on galvanizing paints and none come anywhere near as good as HDG.
For free, it's a no-brainer IMO.
I've used several spray on galvanizing paints and none come anywhere near as good as HDG.
For free, it's a no-brainer IMO.
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The acid will react with the zinc and you'll get hydrogen gas and zinc sulphate. Since the vinegar is a fairly mild acid, the reaction will be relatively small. I have no way of telling whether any paint will have better adhesion to the sulphated surface or not.
I know the body panels on my pickup truck were galvanized prior to painting, but I don't know the details on the process. FWIW, the paint on that truck is very good after nearly 15 years (well aware that's not the case with all of them from that brand). Point being, galvanized and paint can be made to work.
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I know the body panels on my pickup truck were galvanized prior to painting, but I don't know the details on the process. FWIW, the paint on that truck is very good after nearly 15 years (well aware that's not the case with all of them from that brand). Point being, galvanized and paint can be made to work.
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Sorry? I'm not sure I understand this post Mike. I realize corrosion really isn't an issue where you are, but galvanizing on Rovers has been around since Series days. We just started selling galvanized Discovery 2 chassis as well. I was going to have my front and rear bumpers galvanized but couldn't find anyone within 4 hours to do it.
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To galvanize or not
"May I ask why, you would be the first Rover owner ever, I believe, that would want to try that."
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Taint so. Many moons ago, in 1966 for my first Rover, a 1963 Land Rover series IIa, I grew darn tired of the paint peeling/scrapping off my wheels, rusting the steel underneath, so I took them to a radiator repair shop, had them throw the wheels (after I had the tires taken off, of course) in their tanks that strip down radiators for soldering in new cores, to strip my wheels of all paint and clean them up. I later picked them up, and delivered them, along with custom front/rear bumpers I made for same vehicle, to a big industrial shop, for hot tank galvanizing. Never had another problem with the wheels/bumpers rusting, and I never painted over the galvanizing either.
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Taint so. Many moons ago, in 1966 for my first Rover, a 1963 Land Rover series IIa, I grew darn tired of the paint peeling/scrapping off my wheels, rusting the steel underneath, so I took them to a radiator repair shop, had them throw the wheels (after I had the tires taken off, of course) in their tanks that strip down radiators for soldering in new cores, to strip my wheels of all paint and clean them up. I later picked them up, and delivered them, along with custom front/rear bumpers I made for same vehicle, to a big industrial shop, for hot tank galvanizing. Never had another problem with the wheels/bumpers rusting, and I never painted over the galvanizing either.
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