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Category: "Galvanizing, Aluminizing, Hot Tin Dipping"
617/43. Galvanizing Vats Overheated ... Need supplies, lab equipment, etc. RFQ open to all: Angola
- 10/13/24
617/41. Agitation of Galvanizing Flux Inquirer often helps others, so especially deserves our help
- 9/28/24
453/09. White spots left by coolants on galvanized steel
- 8/19/24
382/05. Galvanizing problem: Excessive aluminum in zinc - 8/12/24
46006. Questioning the quality of galvanizing
- July 15
49676. How to calculate/measure the thickness of zinc coatings - June 21
61676. Galvanization is peeling when bead blasted
- June 15
55997. Galvanizing Kettle Dust Collector - Bags Get Oily & Wet - May 12
55564. Titrating for the concentration of HCl in galvanizing flux - April 14
54149. Top Dross is growing since we started filtering - March 20
49192. Galvanizing buildup on MIG wire weld areas
- March 11
51659. How much hydrogen peroxide to treat flux tank? - March 11
56867. Spotting, Staining, Blackening of Hot Dip Galvanized Finish - March 10
61641. Having trouble heating the flux bath - March 1
49328. Cost to open a hot dip galvanizing business? - February 20
49271. Zinc ammonium chloride requirements for galvanizing flux - February 19
20172. How tough is galvanneal steel? Will it rust if the coating is penetrated? - February 5
49901. Need MIG or SAW Wire for Fabrication of Galvanizing kettle RFQ open to all: Gujarat, India - December 13
15377. Hot-Dip Galvanizing Kettle: how to build or where to buy one - December 1
49676. Galvanizing surface area and weight gain don't match up - September 28
46671. How to dull (reduce shine of) galvanized sheets & roofs
- September 26
61578. Heating a galvanizing kettle with lead jacket
• Lead (Pb) in Hot Dip Galvanizing
• Black dust on chromate quenched galvanizing
• Want to do Hot Dip Galvanizing Off and On - August 1
• Hot dip galvanizing flux Q & A's - July 13
• Spotting, Staining, Blackening of Hot Dip Galvanized Finish
• What causes the golf-ball depressions on zinc-pot walls after usage?
• GSM to Microns. Converting galvanizing weight to thickness - June 2
• Shop problems in Galfan process (galvanizing with 5% aluminum)
• Galvanizing high silicon steel
• Can pad wiping be used when galvanising fine wire?
• Reduce Iron (Fe) in Galvanizing flux - May 4
• Galvanising - Reduce & Recover Zinc Ash and Zinc Dross - April 14
• What galvanizing weight for purlins in Hawaii - April 6
• Reduce & Remove Zinc Dross in Wire Galvanizing - March 27
• Zinc adherence defect on edges of galvanized steel sheet
• Galvanizing defects: black spots, lumps, streaks
• Hand re-tinning of copper cooking utensils?
• Safety in a Zinc hot-dip galvanizing process
• Can stainless steel be hot dip galvanized?
• Galvanizing flux bath has iron contamination - January 8
• Required Frequency of Zinc Dross Removal - December 30
• Sink roll in hot dip galvanized strip problems - December 20
• Hot-Dip Galvanizing Kettle: how to build or where to buy one RFQ - December 9
• Black/Gray Staining on Batch HDG
- November 15
• Temporarily weld/repair Galvanizing Kettle - September 21
• How to detect whether powder coating is on GI vs CRCA? - September 20
• Galvanizing flux bath has low pH & high iron - August 31
• Zinc consumption control in hot dip galvanizing - August 31
• How to reduce bottom dross in hot dip galvanizing line?
Difference between G60U and G60UL? - August 20
• Hot dip galvanizing: what is reasonable dross & ash material loss?
• How to reduce Galvalume dross generation
• Pickling & Galvanizing 304 stainless steel9
• Need re-galvanizing of metal shelving RFQ Limpopo, So. Africa9
• Lifespan of galvanized sheet metal? - June 24
• Continuous Sheet Galvanizing: wrinkling/creases/heat buckling problem
• Some Galvalume Panels Are Turning Black
• Types of zinc used for galvanizing: PWZ vs.GOB for solar profiles - June 2
• Surfactants used in preflux and blanket flux Thanks! Resolved :-) - May 30
• Spinning and rolling to clean threads after galvanizing - May 27
Galvanizing defects: black patches
• What is an Ash Box (in Hot Dip Galvanizing)24
• How to calculate/measure the thickness of zinc coatings
• Iron content in hydrochloric acid1
• How to start a simple, low investment galvanizing plant
• How Can I Reduce Zinc Dross - March 22
• White patches on new hot dip galvanized - March 22
• Converting from wet galvanizing to dry galvanizing Thanks! Resolved :-) - February 21
• Impossible to make Zn-Mg-Al ternary hot-dip galvanized steel pipe?
• Prevention of white rust in wire galvanizing (February 15)
• Want to know reasons for PIT MARKS on galvanized sheet (February 15)
Rusting of Hot Dip galvanized steel (February 12)