Pistonbroke
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Any recommendations for the above? Son is making a quad trailer for a level dt and it's going to be too tall/ wide for the zinc tank in Hereford,not to mention the estimate was fairly hefty
Galvanizing paint
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Cold Galv?
Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
Galv paint won’t be anything like as good as the real thing. If you want it galvanised are there any other tanks that might be larger? Joseph Ash are often round here….found their bath measurements on the website.
www.josephash.co.uk
Failing that….for zinc paint I usually use ZG90.
Galvanizing bath dipping size - Joseph Ash Galvanizing
No matter how large your fabrication is, we can help. We have a range of galvanizing bath sizes to suit the smallest to the largest of jobs.
www.josephash.co.uk
Failing that….for zinc paint I usually use ZG90.
Steevo
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- Gloucestershire
Just came across this too which might be handy:
www.galvanizing.org.uk
Hot Dip Galvanizing Plants in UK and Ireland - Find a Galvanizer
Galvanizers Association provides free advice and technical information to anyone looking to specify hot dip galvanizing. We can offer assistance with your design and fabrication to ensure a good solution for your client. To find one of our member galvanizers in your area, just select your...
www.galvanizing.org.uk
Pistonbroke
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I know it's not as good as the real thing,but silverey,zinc type paint/ cold galvanizing etc looks fairly certain. We're lambing and I haven't got time to travel far to other firms. Wish he'd designed a fecking toast rack now!Galv paint won’t be anything like as good as the real thing. If you want it galvanised are there any other tanks that might be larger? Joseph Ash are often round here….found their bath measurements on the website.
Galvanizing bath dipping size - Joseph Ash Galvanizing
No matter how large your fabrication is, we can help. We have a range of galvanizing bath sizes to suit the smallest to the largest of jobs.
Failing that….for zinc paint I usually use ZG90.
spanners and hammers
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- Location
- cambridgeshire
have used one called zinger that was 
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- America's dairyland
Either make it in parts small enough to fit, then weld. Take it to a somewhere it will fit. Or skip the galvanizing paint.Any recommendations for the above? Son is making a quad trailer for a level dt and it's going to be too tall/ wide for the zinc tank in Hereford,not to mention the estimate was fairly hefty
Here, hot dipped is much less common, even though we use plenty of road salt and rust out vehicles and trailers like crazy. zinc paint is seen as the best of bad options to deal with welding on real galvanized steel. There are better primers and paint systems for bare steel.
Most important thing is to make sure it doesn't trap dirt. Oil the closed sections, and keep the open sections from holding dirt.
Massey Ferguson 6480
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Must be a fair trailer, any pictures?
Pistonbroke
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It's going to be a custom lambing trailer,not made yet just planning ahead.
- Location
- Breconshire
My nephew has just completed a big sheep shed job where everything was galved. It all went to Cardiff as it was the nearest one to be able to fit the walk through feeders in.
- Location
- West Somerset
Different option maybe get it powder coated?
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
Pistonbroke
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To be fair,the current quad trailer was slapped with hammerite and it's 25 years old. Paint is nearly all gone but it's sound. Budget is creeping up and cost of galvanizing is high for a one-off
Pistonbroke
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Galvanizing bath dipping size - Joseph Ash Galvanizing
No matter how large your fabrication is, we can help. We have a range of galvanizing bath sizes to suit the smallest to the largest of jobs.
www.josephash.co.uk
Bridgend another option
- Location
- Northumberland
Metaflux zinc paste.
Lazy Sod
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- Location
- Warminster Wiltshire
Galvafroid, I used it a lot years ago on welding mods in the milking parlour.