Exterior Galvanized Parts

[jrd51ox]

I have noticed that some people's rovers have very clean galvanized pieces on the rear corners & body (along where the hardtop meets the body)

Do you guy's buy replacement pieces? If so where?

Or, is re-galvanizing the only option?

Mine are discolored & I want to bring them back to life.


Thanks again & take care.

[Leslie]

If anybody would have 'em, it'd be our hosts, but more often than not, people have them regalvanized.

[Drain Rovers2]

You can paint them with silver hammeroid rust olium in the can that works great
Good Luck!

[NickDawson]

You can paint them with silver hammeroid rust olium in the can that works great
Good Luck!

I have had the same question - glad the OP asked it.

During my search, I've seen more of the pain than the re-galvanized stuff. Glad to hear that is at least a valid practice.

[rwollschlager]

the silver paint like hammerite or rustoleum does work in that it makes the trim shiny and silver. However many people do not like it because it is not as original or as durable as the galvinization. On the positive side the paint can be touched up as needed cheaply and easily unlike galvinized bits. What I've done in the past was lightly brush the surface rust off of the trim with steel wool and some rust stain remover (found with kitchen cleaner in grocery stores, or in auto parts stores.) and then use the cold galvinising in the can, which has held up pretty well over the original galvinising.

[LH Drive]

If the scotch pad idea doesn't work you can mail them to me as I'll be galvanizing my bulkhead soon after I repair it. Just don't paint them.

[jrd51ox]

Thanks for all your help.

LH Drive, wow, that would be great. I'll send over a PM with my contact info. Just keep me updated & let me know when you are ready.

[ShootingCar]

powder coating in a silver finish to mimic galv.g

I had some parts powder coated in silver finish to mimic galvg.
Where do you find the cold galvanizing material. My edges of the 88 along the vertical outside corners are surface rusting and I don't want to take them off.

Jeff

[BGGB]

when i did my restoratoin i had all the galvaning off already and used a cold galvanizing paint from a spray can that i picked up at Ace. at first is was disapointed because it was soft and would mark easily,it was also one solid color not the flack appearance we're used to seeing. after a few months in the warm weather it looks feels and wears like a new peice,i'm quite pleased now

[Broadstone]

I used cold Galv. I did three thin coats then lightly sanded over it with steel wool to get a more imperfect and less shiny finish. I then put a coat of clearcoat over that. has been 6 years and still looks great no chips, fading or problems.

[jrd51ox]

What brand did you use for the cold galv & where did you buy it? I came across the ZRC brand website, which is very impressive. However, the price I found was not.

[rwollschlager]

i think rustoleum may have their own cold galvinizing compound and there are a couple other odd ball brands that do too. Just browse the spray can aisle of your local hardware store and you'll see a couple different types there.

[NC Rover]

I used cold Galv. I did three thin coats then lightly sanded over it with steel wool to get a more imperfect and less shiny finish. I then put a coat of clearcoat over that. has been 6 years and still looks great no chips, fading or problems.

Do you have any pictures you could post up?

[jrd51ox]

I just ordered a few ZRC Cold Galvanizing spray cans directly from the ZRC for $9.99 a can. I'll post some pictures after I complete the coating.

I have never used it before....but the brand has been used all over the world on some major projects. I guess I'm an easy sell, but the website did it for me.

[lrdukdog]

galvanizing

I have used this from Eastwoods,

http://eastwood.resultspage.com/search?p=Q&ts=custom&w=galvanizing&submit.x=24&submit.y=12

Jim Wolf