The friction against the earth as you screw it in will probably
remove your coating. Which makes me wonder... Does screwing in
the anchor, as it scrapes against rocks in the ground, remove the
galvanizing, and lead to corrosion, and resultant breakdown?
73 Barry
On 2 Jan 01, at 7:36, dan hearn wrote:
> The TT archives mention use of bitumen coating for inhibiting
> corrosion. Sounds like a good idea to me. Might be harder to screw in
> that type of anchor but certainly useful for the cement encased type.
>
> 73, Dan, N5AR
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