wayjay
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Mar 15, 2013 13:26:17 GMT
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Found this amongst some other tat,anybody know anything about it?is it any good or should it be binned?  |
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Mar 15, 2013 16:25:11 GMT
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Looks like a retro torture kit.
I used to see people on forums talking about glavanising but they meant zinc (or other metal) plating which offered limited extra protection and had significant downsides in terms of risk of poisoning.
On that basis, you should probably dispose of this carefully if you're binning it.
The use of galvanising on the box might be misleading, I think proper galvanising is an industrial process and involves molten metal and lots of non-DIY friendly stuff.
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Mar 15, 2013 16:46:11 GMT
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 the title made me think of a man with shiny zinc coated hands Electro plating with zinc is good if used as a base metal preparation when followed with primers and paints, this is the way most cars are galvanised or electrophoretically coated. Hot dip galvanising is used as a single coating on strong steel fabrications that will not distort. Do some more internet research on the kit, you might find it could be useful  J |
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Mar 15, 2013 16:46:30 GMT
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Besides the hot dip galv there is also hot metal sprayed and electroplated. I reckon this is an electroplating and probably intended for touching up damaged galv rather than covering an item from scratch. Just a guess though.
Paul h
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Mar 15, 2013 16:50:14 GMT
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the title made me think of a man with shiny zinc coated hands Same! Thought dunno what you get up to in your own time but why would anyone want galvanised hands? |
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wayjay
Part of things
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Mar 15, 2013 17:02:31 GMT
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To stop them going rusty?  |
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Mar 15, 2013 19:18:24 GMT
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I guess, but I don't often have any trouble in that area... come to your own conclusions on that!
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