> ... they charge by the weight of what you're
> galvanizing (which makes no sense to me.. I would
> have thought they charge by the mass of the zinc,
> or something
The weight of YOUR material is the easist thing to
measure. So it ends up cheaper to galvanize a tube,
even though it has more surface area (and takes more
zinc) than an equivalent solid (heavier) rod. ;-)
Note that the 2 galvanizers I have dealt with charge
about another $0.05 a pound to strip the old zinc
(this added another day or so to the turnaround time),
but they said they would/could not take off old
paint. Keep that in mind if you decide to paint, or
buy a painted, tower. It's pretty time consuming
trying to get paint off something like a tower section.
Mike N2MG
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