Re: LRO: Re: Powder coating

From: Peter Ogilvie (konacoffee2@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Apr 20 2001 - 13:43:22 EDT

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    Marin:
    Go check out Gord'n Perrott's place. He seems to have a number of
    galvanized wheels attached to the various Rovers stacked in his yard. The
    galvanizing mellows out to a nice gray so doesn't look obtrusive. By the
    way, Gord'n's mantra is 'if its steel, galvanize it'. He has a lot of, not
    from the factory, galvanized pieces laying around. Didn't think I'd like
    the look of galvanized wheels but it seemed to fit a series with all the
    other galvanized pieces on the truck. Of course, it might have been the
    blazingly bright gray of a typical winter day in Seattle that didn't allow
    me to see the true luster of the wheels.

    You can supposedly paint galvanized but you have to prep it right, just like
    aluminum. I say supposedly cause just painting over weathered galvanizing
    doesn't seem to stick. I know your not in a high corrosion area, but I'd
    seriously consider galvanizing if I lived anywhere in the rust belt.

    Aloha
    Peter Ogilvie
    Kona Coffee Rover
    1970 88 soft top, 'huli' Mine since '84 but recovering
         from exposure of the dark side.
    1966 109 pickup 'slime' In my garage since '90, finally up and running
    12/00.
    1965 88 parts car, slowly sinking into the lava.
    196? 88 hard top, possibly 'phoenix' if it rises, it will
         certainly be from ashes or at least a pile of rust

    >From: "Faure, Marin" <Marin.Faure@PSS.Boeing.com>
    >Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
    >To: "'Land Rover Mail Group'" <LRO@Works.Team.Net>
    >Subject: LRO: Re: Powder coating
    >Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:13:35 -0700
    >
    >Based on the input I've gotten on and off
    >the list, and my own reasoning, I think the
    >best thing to do to my wheels is have them
    >sandblasted to remove the old paint and
    >surface rust, and then prime and paint them.
    >I don't want to galvanize them, as paint tends
    >to have a tough time sticking to galvanizing,
    >and I don't want silver wheels. Thanks
    >for the input- it seems powder coating is
    >more suited for the show-car crowd.
    >___________________________
    >C. Marin Faure
    > (original owner)
    > 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
    > 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
    > Seattle

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