Recent content by abm41

This "white dust" is similar to what I saw. I don't THINK it's galvanizing... it's either a leftover of whatever primer they used, or maybe some pretreatment (iron phosphate, some type of chromate... not sure). When we get aluminum CARC'ed, it first gets a chrome-3 pretreatment. Too much...

LOL sorry I know, I need to get some pics up. I'm just not terribly "technological". The quote was 4 figures. We make .MIL comm enclosures and send them to an outside service supplier for CARC coating. Apparently they weren't willing to give me the good-customer discount. ETA thanks for the...

Hello, First post here, though I've been a "lurker" for a while. Recently picked up an 80's Parkhurst M101A2 from GL. I'm real happy with it; running gear/brakes/etc. are in great shape and the only real problem is some rust around the welds joining the floor to the front wall. Looks to me...