Cost of galvanising

[W.olly]

I called.them to check the price

Apparently as the are an large size for little coverage they need to try and fit it in the large tank with other jobs which makes it less viable. So reason for £20.

So I called around and spoke to folk and got a cracking price. £1.10p a kilo so in all for the 10 I have so around £40 for the lot.and 5 day turnaround.

More like it. Happy days.

 

[Neilj]

I called.them to check the price

Apparently as the are an large size for little coverage they need to try and fit it in the large tank with other jobs which makes it less viable. So reason for £20.

So I called around and spoke to folk and got a cracking price. £1.10p a kilo so in all for the 10 I have so around £40 for the lot.and 5 day turnaround.

More like it. Happy days.

Who was the decent price with? Always good to know stuff like this as I get the occasional thing done now and again

 

[Ton-up]

I used to build a batch of launching trollies for dinghies once in a while, used to get them done at Rayleigh, He retired & packed it in.
last lot i had done at South east galvanisers at Witham a few years back, they obviously didnt want small batch orders & it was bloody steep then.
I hate to think what they would charge today, probably cheaper to make them out of stainless!

I used to use him a lot, cant remember his name but a nice bloke. Used to do a great job too. He hated LandRover owners cause they were too fussy!!

Dressed in holey rags from the acids rotting his clothes and a shed filled with an acid smell that would choke you!!

 

[W.olly]

Who was the decent price with? Always good to know stuff like this as I get the occasional thing done now and again

yes sorry. a bit further for you, i am an hour away but worth the massive saving. It sin Barnoldswick https://www.keighleygalvanising.co.uk/

 

[Tigman]

Just had 5 posts galvanised , 201kg

£218.69 + £120 transport charge

£338.69 + vat

£1.088 per kilogram

Ouch

 

[W.olly]

Just had 5 posts galvanised , 201kg

£218.69 + £120 transport charge

£338.69 + vat

£1.088 per kilogram

Ouch

I find that good, like place i found at £1.10p kg +vat
dam site better and easier than painting them. but then your will be easy to paint as just posts.

 

[Tigman]

I find that good, like place i found at £1.10p kg +vat
dam site better and easier than painting them. but then your will be easy to paint as just posts.

Customer wanted galv posts , wants them to last !

 

[W.olly]

Customer wanted galv posts , wants them to last !

yes but you said `Ouch` so what was paid even at £1:08p kg is expensive. ?

 

[roofman]

I called.them to check the price

Apparently as the are an large size for little coverage they need to try and fit it in the large tank with other jobs which makes it less viable. So reason for £20.

So I called around and spoke to folk and got a cracking price. £1.10p a kilo so in all for the 10 I have so around £40 for the lot.and 5 day turnaround.

More like it. Happy days.

£4.00 each for those bottle baskets to get galvo'd...let me know how that goes as that sounds crazy cheap

 

[W.olly]

£4.00 each for those bottle baskets to get galvo'd...let me know how that goes as that sounds crazy cheap

its does. i did call them though as sick of emailing fro a quote, told them what i had, no minimum and £1.22 a kg. so actually £3.69 each.

I am off up tomorrow afternoon. to drop them off. Ill be back next week with report. or tomorrow to tell you thye cocked up wit the qute lol. although price is on there website.

 

[Keith 66]

I used to use him a lot, cant remember his name but a nice bloke. Used to do a great job too. He hated LandRover owners cause they were too fussy!!

Dressed in holey rags from the acids rotting his clothes and a shed filled with an acid smell that would choke you!!

Cant remember the last bloke at Rayleigh's name, His predecessor was Tony? I seem to remember he packed it after lowering a hollow section into the galv tank & there was still some liquid in the section & there was a steam blow up, molten zinc came over the screen & he got splashed.
That would spoil your day to be sure. Not surprising that plant shut down it was like something out of a different age.
I remember 20 years ago him saying his gas bill was £300 a week.

 

[Tigman]

yes but you said `Ouch` so what was paid even at £1:08p kg is expensive. ?

I think it's expensive because of the transport cost ! But as I said customer wanted it done !

 

[W.olly]

Well.got them back. Taken three weeks and not happy with them. Or is it me not knowing what to expect but a few pics to show.

Blobs, hard sharp edges
Stuck together. Most hinges seized. Rust spots.

And a few damaged as in bent.

Is this the norm?

I have other gear to get done so I'll be going elsewhere unless this is how it usually goes.

But how do I unseize the hinges.

 

[steve t]

Looks a standard job

 

[W.olly]

Looks a standard job

Well if knew that galvanising would be so bad i wouldnt of bothered really, why the heck folk dont tell you tis beforehand i dont know. . They are a real mess and no good at all now. £600 down the pan. Stuck together in places and most well 10 of the 11 hinges seized.

 

[James1979]

Bit rough but I’ve seen worse.

Bottom pic looks like they were hung too close.

What hinges are you using? If you put them in whole they’ll seize. Best way is take the pin out and reassemble on return.

 

[Welderpaul]

That's rough, send it back and get them to strip and regalv.
Galvanising is a fairly brutal industrial coating, it's never going to be perfect, but that's not the best, albeit i've seen worse.
There's usually a bit of fettling needed.
The hinges were always going to seize up. They need to be galvanised as separate parts then assembled afterwards.

 

[steve t]

For hinges it's better to send dismantled and have slightly oversize holes . Black patches could be contamination on steel like paint or oil. Bottom pic two parts were done together. Blobs and sharp drips is standard

 

[W.olly]

That's rough, send it back and get them to strip and regalv.
Galvanising is a fairly brutal industrial coating, it's never going to be perfect, but that's not the best, albeit i've seen worse.
There's usually always a bit of fettling needed.
The hinges were always going to seize up. They need to be galvanised as separate parts then assembled afterwards.

i asked when i dropped them off if they will be ok, told me no problem but with being thin they may distort, but as only small he doubts it.

I have just ground out a pin of one and will fit a new one.

Sod this crap, cant be bothered anymore with idiots.

 

[8ob]

It’s all a learning curve and a good finish is down to prep. Pics two and five look like acid leaching out of incomplete lap welds, pic four looks like blown mill scale. The odd snurgs of galvo can be fettled with a fine flap disc. As said you can’t really send in hinges and expect much in the way of a finish.

Bob