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Erasmo
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Joined: January 18th, 2010, 4:35 pm
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 The Galvanizer and The Rustbucket My 2CV:  Aldo fully rebuild, she still needs some personalization... Today i fitted some sound proofing:  More to come in the future!
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Dago
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Joined: February 27th, 2009, 7:26 pm
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Location: Etelä-Savo, st Michel
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Re: The Galvanizer Nice one!
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Russell
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Re: The Galvanizer When you drive do you notice a difference now? What is the material you have used?
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Matt S
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Re: The Galvanizer Nice 2CV, very nice. I love the galanising/plating look. Does it wear well or do you have to polish it up or anything to avoid corrosion?
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Paul Narramore
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Re: The Galvanizer Erasmo
I've not seen your previous posts so this is the first I've read about your car. Is the entire car galvanised? What sort of problems did that spring up? I understand that a fair amount of heat is used in the galvanising process which can distort thin metal. Did that happen to you? The foam. Is that high density foam which won't absorb water or moisture?
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ken
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Re: The Galvanizer Paul,
I'd guess that the shell and wings have been hot dip galvanized, whereas the doors have been electroplated.
Relatively thin, flat panels don't usually survive the 450 C required for the hot dip process without suffering a fair amount of distortion.
ken.
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Paul Narramore
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Re: The Galvanizer As I thought Ken, ta. The doors do have that yellowish sheen of electroplating.
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Erasmo
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Re: The Galvanizer Thanks! Russell wrote: When you drive do you notice a difference now? What is the material you have used? Yeah it surely dampens the noise of the wheels and the wind. It also dampens the high tones and the noise caused by resonancing in the door. I've used some soundproofing foam from the local hardware store. They said that it's not absorbent but i'll check every few weeks for moist and fungus. Matt S wrote: Nice 2CV, very nice. I love the galanising/plating look. Does it wear well or do you have to polish it up or anything to avoid corrosion? I only have her a weeks but the process was done 3 years ago, it's holding up quite good. Paul, Ken is spot on. Today i went to Burton, got the soundproofing for the bonnet, yellow lights, a new fuel cap(with lock) and some clips for the door panels.
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EirikJ
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Joined: February 17th, 2009, 8:43 pm
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Location: NOrWAY
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Re: The Galvanizer Nice! Do you have more photos of the car from different angles? Especially the electroplating bits? It really is eye-catching  Would it be possible to electroplate a whole car? And how will that stand agaist corrosion compared to regular paint?
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Five 2CV's, DS 21 ieh Pallas -70, DS 23 h Pallas -75, CX 25 GTi automatic -89, XM 2,0i -90
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Erasmo
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Re: The Galvanizer EirikJ wrote: Nice! Do you have more photos of the car from different angles? Especially the electroplating bits? It really is eye-catching Would it be possible to electroplate a whole car? And how will that stand agaist corrosion compared to regular paint? Tomorrow i'll shoot some pics for you. Why would you want do that? The shell can stand hot dip pretty good. For now i have another problem; stonechippings on my bonnet...
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