Protecting bare metal
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Joined: Dec 2007
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From: El Dorado Hills California
Protecting bare metal
So, I sandblasted my window regulators.
Cleaned up nice. But now I realized that they were probably cad plated for corrosion protection and that got blasted off.
Everything in my project has been powdercoated but I think the mil thickness will interfere with the rollers inside the tracks. Same with paint. I suspect that a plating shop will cost as much as new reproductions.
Any other ideas on how to protect these from just rotting away?
Blain
Cleaned up nice. But now I realized that they were probably cad plated for corrosion protection and that got blasted off.
Everything in my project has been powdercoated but I think the mil thickness will interfere with the rollers inside the tracks. Same with paint. I suspect that a plating shop will cost as much as new reproductions.
Any other ideas on how to protect these from just rotting away?
Blain
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
that funny looking green/yellow epoxy primer is great stuff......i have seen cars abandoned at body shops sitting out side for years that havent rusted.....i doubt the thickness of it will cause a problem, or use the gray galvanized rustoleum primer that has a high zinc content....thats good stuff also and it is thin...i have left steel outside with that painted on it as a test and it holds up really well several years of outside exposure year round and it the brown rust just started to appear.
