Galvanising

[SeriesLandy]

Originally Posted by LeonN

Fare enough. I see the stress with all that. I allso woreyed about distorsion. Do rivets not allaw moisture in allover the place? Are people pumping thewhole thing with waxoill?

You can get sealed rivets where they have the normal hole in the top but the other end is closed, you can see on the right hand image.


Also to seal the chassis to the floor ect use sikaflex, its a bit like silicon but more sticky.

[flyerncle]

Somebody has previously mentioned cutting a chassis open to repair it after a few years and very little rust had formed inside it.
Each weld should form a sealed portion for every tube, I had toyed with idea of a small hole across the joints and squirt Waxoil in one leg and out of the other so to speak.
In reallity how much use will the Roadster get in a year,good coat of etch primer and good top coat should last for years.

[LeonN]

Ok cool. Will remember that. Tar. Is there a problem with welding caps over the end of open tubes?

[AshG]

nope thats what you should be doing.

[LeonN]

Ok cool and tar. All worked out. Shuld be fine.