Zinga galvanizing paint

[Crescent Wrench]

Prices are $249 for 10kg or one gallon and $36.95 for 500ml for spray cans (CDN funds). Spray cans can only be purchased by the case so that's 12 x 500ml cans.
I got an email back from the western supplier and they would like to meet with me in regards to becoming an island distributor which I'm interested in. What I am not interested in is the volume that I have to buy, it's like 100 gallons at a time or one pallet load x $249 = yikes!
If I could pre sell large volumes to big companies that's one thing, BC ferries, pulp mills, auto body shops, etc. then I could do it, but it would be financial suicide to buy a pallet and then go around to see if someone wants to buy one.


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[Vae Victus]

Yep, that's a lot of up front capital. Plus, there's several products, so what mix of those would you want to buy if you were forced to buy inventory?

That's the kind of investment that screams "business plan" before jumping in. BUT - if you could get one or two of these car forums aware of it (mustangs, tbirds, camaro, bronco, etc) that are redoing frames, in addition to Mud, then you would have a good base to then go to industrial potential customers.

IF this stuff is good, and it looks like it is, then it could be a great business. Wonder why it has not been in the Americas before now? (That's an important question).

Surely there are car folks in the UK that have been using this? We all need to research this.

 

[cjgoode]

There are so many competing products all claiming to be great, some a lot easier to topcoat. I think you need to keep fishing for how good this product is from someone who used it, and rely less on the people who want you to buy it (in huge bulk). If they really thought they had a great product that was going to take off they would be trying to help yo get started as a supplier, and treat you more like a supplier then a customer. Also is there a shelf life? Last thing you want is that much inventory with a ticking clock on its life.

 

[winnie]

sounds really good ... the best advertisement for any product is a track record supported by testimonials and experiences from actual users ... a good product sells itself ...

 

[Vae Victus]

I've ordered a sample can, and since I'm at the point of thinking of what to do with my frame (and considering driving a couple hours to galvanize it), I'll research what I can.

VV

 

[Weber Sarge]

There are some awesome commercial "paint on field use" coatings out there , but most are not available to the public . I'd say the Zinga is probably at the top end of what's available to the public but none of them will beat commercial-applied galvanizing . If it's properly dipped and cleaned that frame should last 50+yrs easily . Considering it's a double c-channel riveted frame I'd just have it dipped and be done with it .
Sarge

 

[watrob]

Get it galvanised, my running 40 series chassis (not this current rebuild chassis in the photo) is galvanised and its permanently up at the beach house and the chassis is perfect after 7 years.

The one I am building now I have just etch primed and will give it a black gloss coat. All you need is just normal paint, nothing special as the gal is your protection.

 

[Paul4560]

Whats the difference between this stuff and any other cold-galv product????

 

[Crescent Wrench]

Zinga is a zinc paint that you can apply yourself, hot dip galvanizing is just that it is dipped (immersed) in to a tank. The difference is that one you can do yourself and the other requires you to trailer your frame to and from a company that does galvanizing. By no means am I dismissing hot dipping, I think it is a deluxe way to go and you will never have another issue with your frame rusting in this lifetime, its just for me it would have been a huge added cost to transport the frame across the ferry to Vancouver and then a week later to pick it up. The hot dip cost was about $6.00/pound so Zinga is way cheaper and very tough. The company is sending me a gallon to try on my service truck so I will have a chance to examine it then.

 

[bikersmurf]

There are some awesome commercial "paint on field use" coatings out there , but most are not available to the public . I'd say the Zinga is probably at the top end of what's available to the public but none of them will beat commercial-applied galvanizing . If it's properly dipped and cleaned that frame should last 50+yrs easily . Considering it's a double c-channel riveted frame I'd just have it dipped and be done with it .
Sarge

I agree that getting it dipped could be the best option, but we live on a rock here… $370 and two day trips just to get the frame off the rock and back… it could end up costing more than a new frame to get coated. And then for those of us who don't have the truck disassembled, options like this are also interesting. I swapped in a "new" frame close to 20 years ago… Doing another frame off isn't in the cards, touching up the rough spots on a 20 year old frame job is far more feasible.

Keep us posted Crescent Wrench.

 

[Crescent Wrench]

Sorry for the delay guys but I have been busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. Here is some excellent reading material, If you would like to try this product send me a PM and I would be happy to provide it for you. I am in the process of taking on the distribution for Vancouver Island but I should be able to send this anywhere. Please just be patient with shipping and supply timelines as this is all going to be new to me.

 

[Crescent Wrench]

let me know if you have issues viewing the files, I hope they are ok.

 

[Island Hopper]

I agree that getting it dipped could be the best option, but we live on a rock here… $370 and two day trips just to get the frame off the rock and back… it could end up costing more than a new frame to get coated. And then for those of us who don't have the truck disassembled, options like this are also interesting. I swapped in a "new" frame close to 20 years ago… Doing another frame off isn't in the cards, touching up the rough spots on a 20 year old frame job is far more feasible.

Keep us posted Crescent Wrench.

I have the same problem and our ferry tickets just went up this week...

 

[bikersmurf]

+/- Car $60, trailer $60, driver $13... Each way.
To drop off and pick up, 4 trips, 2 hours+ each.

 

[Island Hopper]

We don't pay each way, just to get back to the Island. About $140 w/trailer for me and my ferry ride is only 45 minutes thank goodness. But I have to go off for anything but the basics, not much here but a grocery store and hardware store... Either go off or use the heck out of Amazon Prime!

 

[abosely]

Can Zinga be welded thru?
Used as a weld thru primer?

I thought I saw a comment that it could be or was thought to be a weld thru primer but wasn't sure if it can be or not.

Wanted to verify if it can or can not be used as a weld thru primer.

Are there any comparisons between Rust Bullet & Zinga?

I was planning on using RB on the 43 frame I'm building (2"x4"x¼) but very interested in Zinga now that I found out about it.

Relative cost is not an issue since it would only be a hundred or so $ diff one way or the other.

I'm going to read up on the info you just posted.
The answer may be in there. But thought I'd ask also.

Cheers, Allen

 

[Crescent Wrench]

Allen, check the pdf on welding I posted its all there.

 

[abosely]

Thx, just finished reading the PDFs you posted.
I should have read them first! Duh!

Cheers, Allen

 

[watrob]

Zinga is a zinc paint that you can apply yourself, hot dip galvanizing is just that it is dipped (immersed) in to a tank. The difference is that one you can do yourself and the other requires you to trailer your frame to and from a company that does galvanizing. By no means am I dismissing hot dipping, I think it is a deluxe way to go and you will never have another issue with your frame rusting in this lifetime, its just for me it would have been a huge added cost to transport the frame across the ferry to Vancouver and then a week later to pick it up. The hot dip cost was about $6.00/pound so Zinga is way cheaper and very tough. The company is sending me a gallon to try on my service truck so I will have a chance to examine it then.

$6.00 a pound, it cost me $1.95 per kg and that's Aussie dollars

 

[Crescent Wrench]

watrob- yes your correct that does seem high now that I look at it, I was relying on memory and that has been hit and miss of late. I figured it would have cost about $650 to do the whole frame which I would have been ok with except for the ferry costs involved. Hot dip galvanizing looks amazing when it's done and gives you piece of mind but sometimes a persons geographical location comes into play and it is not feasible.