[TheForge] duracoat finish

[Chuck Robinson]

Hey Ries,
I'm sure if you contacted them The Duracote people would be extremely happy 
to supply it to you in 55 gallon drums.
In one swelled foop you could rescue their Company, in these difficult 
financial times.

One of  my duty stations in the navy in the 60's was aboard a  38,000  Ton 
Navy Oiler, the Truckee A0-147.
It had been used as a test vessel for the then new Dimetcote Inorganic Zinc 
coating in the 50's.
Although the coating had been applied over 10 years before. the surface was 
in excellent shape.
Down on the jungle deck, you could see where gouges on the metal up to 1/4 
inch wide were protected from corrosion by the surrounding coating.
While in a ship yard ,one of my boatswain's mates, convinced a yard bird to 
coat my scuba tanks with it. That coating was still in good shape when I 
retired the tanks years later.
Chuck


From: "ries" <ries at riesniemi.com>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] duracoat finish


>I guess I was thrown off by duracoat using a phosphate converter as
> the first step- at least thats what they say on their website.
>
> Of course, my viewpoint in general is slanted- I tend to think BIG.
>
> When I hear of people forging 1/4" round, I scratch my head- how do
> you even SEE stuff that small?
> I am not a jewelry guy, unless its sorta large jewelry- I did make a
> ring a couple of years ago, the diamond was about 18" on a side, and
> the ring was a 4 foot diameter. I guess I have big fingers.
>
> I tend to think about finishes I can use on 100 feet of fence, or a 35
> foot tall sculpture, so when I see those little bottles of Duracoat, I
> just think about how many garbage cans full of empty bottles it would
> take to coat an average project of mine.
>
> My favorite galvanizer has a 40' tank.
> My electropolisher has an 8 foot long tank, but we have figured ways
> around that tiny size, and can make sub-assemblies that we assemble
> after polishing.
> When I was making chairs, the batch size was limited by how many we
> could fit in the back of the pickup, blanket wrapped, after
> powdercoating- usually about a dozen, although we could do 24 stools.
>
>
> Everybody has their own perspective.
>
> ries
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2009, at 8:27 AM, Chuck Robinson wrote:
>
> Reis,
> I think you are confusing Dura coat with rust converters.
> Duracoat is a special  hard epoxy finish. Used on objects that
> require  a
> very durable  abrasion resistant coating.
> Chuck
>
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