Todd commented:
"Don't do it!"
Gosh, Todd, guess I was very lucky when I did my bulkhead.
I used Industrial Galvanizing in Petersburg, Va, who claim to be the largest
facility in the east, and I believe their claim. Their principal business
seemed to be dipping those huge high voltage transmission towers, (some of
which are so large at the base that I could walk inside of them!).
They did cause some repairable damage by dropping another large item (one of
those tower sections)into the vat on top of my BH, and they completely lost
some small items(which they gladly paid RN prices to replace), but with a
zinc vat 90' long(filled with zinc heated to 450 degrees F), that was
understandable. They ground off resulting and inevitable slag and drips as
part of their QC process. One of my new gas tanks also came back with a
fist sized lump of zinc inside...they re-dipped several times trying to melt
and remove it to no avail. I'll have to plasma-cut & weld-shut a hole to
get it out...(but let me tell you, that tank has so much zinc coating it
that it will probably 'never' rust!). They did not charge me for that tank.
They were fair, responsible and did what they could to accomodate my unusual
needs (said they had never been asked to dip a vehicle frame, for instance,
but they took time to examine it carefully for proper zinc access and
drainage holes to interior surfaces and decided the best orientation for
dipping it. The frame was literally a thing of beauty when I picked it up.
So experiences vary...
Ahhh well, opinions...like armpits and navels, everybody has one. Take them
for what they're worth...
JT/ric
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