What is the primer for new galvanized chain? I'm looking for a primer I
can use without paint over it, since paint normally chips off. Yellow
primer would be great.



Hanz

Hanz Schmidt wrote:
What is the primer for new galvanized chain? I'm looking for a primer I
can use without paint over it, since paint normally chips off. Yellow
primer would be great.



Hanz


Zinc Chromate is normally used for galvanized metal, it's yellow.
However it's generally a bitch to keep paint on a chain that is used.

Cheers
Martin

Hanz Schmidt wrote:
What is the primer for new galvanized chain? I'm looking for a primer I
can use without paint over it, since paint normally chips off. Yellow
primer would be great.

As you've been told, zinc chromate is standard but isn't useful either.
It's purpose is to prime before painting - not be a top coat. The zinc
on the chain is what protects the chain from corrosion - not paint or
primer over it. Leave it bare.

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:12:11 -0500, Hanz Schmidt
wrote:

What is the primer for new galvanized chain? I'm looking for a primer I
can use without paint over it, since paint normally chips off. Yellow
primer would be great.



Hanz

Zinc is a sacrificial surface coat on chain. If you paint
it, the parts where the paint wears off (guess where?)
will lose their coating fast, then here comes the rust.

So I fancy you would do better to leave it alone.
That's the advice for HOT-DIP anyway....

Brian W