Re: [DML] Galvanizing frame?

["Walter" <Whalt@xxxx>]

I've never heard of anyone galvanizing a Delorean frame, but I have had many
other things galvanized before. Things that galvanize well are thick steel
pieces. Things that don't galvanize well are thinner pieces of steel that
include stuff that would qualify as thick sheet metal. Since the Delorean
frame consists mostly of sheet metal? Correct me if I'm wrong, I would
expect the result to be a disaster. I had a utility trailer galvanized long
ago. The heat from the hot dipping made the flat trailer bed appear all
wavy. It didn't hurt it, but it didn't look as good. And still, years
later, the trailer rusted out anyway because the galvanizing didn't get to
the inner enclosed areas of the frame. I would suspect that the Delorean
frame would be a similar situation. There would be a lot of crevices that
the galvanizing material either would not flow into or out of. You would
probably end up with a lot of areas that didn't get galvanized and other
areas that would collect heavy pockets of the material. And then your frame
would be all distorted and wavy looking from the intense heat.

Walt