Cleaning a galvanised trailer?

[whackywoody]

Hi, I have a 15 year old galvanized trailer and was wondering what everybody used to clean them up with?

Many thanks

Gareth

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by whackywoody

Hi, I have a 15 year old galvanized trailer and was wondering what everybody used to clean them up with?

Many thanks

Gareth

Steam cleaner & then Waxoyl

[Mollers]

It's not easy to make an older galvie trailer look less old. A good clean, maybe have the wheels shot blasted and painted. As PD says, a good whiff of waxoyl or white spray grease covers up a multitude of sins. ;-)

[nugent]

Originally Posted by whackywoody

Hi, I have a 15 year old galvanized trailer and was wondering what everybody used to clean them up with?

Many thanks

Gareth

My option,
Rotary wire brush, good de grease , epoxy primer anti corrosion silver top coat,
Decals replaced with blue reflective

[nugent]

And after looks !

[nugent]

Originally Posted by nugent

And after looks !

Before you say it tyres av been changed hence bad masking out lol

[woz72]

Brick acid

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by woz72

Brick acid

That'll remove any remaining galv, & any galv is better than no galv. That is unless you're going to have it regalved

[camelgas]

I thought that once something had been galvanized you could not re-galv it. "brick" or muric acid seems a bit harsh to me.

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by camelgas

I thought that once something had been galvanized you could not re-galv it. "brick" or muric acid seems a bit harsh to me.

Brick acid is "usually" hydrochloric & will strip galv (zinc) faster than a rat up an aqueduct. Items that are being galved are dipped in a bath of hydrochloric just prior to going in the zinc bath. You can re-galvanise as long as the prep is done correctly. Quite often we have to have items re-dipped if the quality of the initial dip isn't up to scratch, it just goes around the process again.