Yes, zinc inhibits rusting - it is sacrificial, so the zinc is meant to oxidize before the iron but it eventually runs out. Zinc coating is also pretty weakly attached to the underlying steel (kind of like paint). For serious marine and industrial applications, the steel would be hot-dip galvanized (dipped into a bath of molten zinc). -W On Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 7:04:30 AM UTC-7 J J wrote:
> Good morning all. Appreciate your responses, Philip, Richard, and Brian. > > I suppose I'm ignorant about how zinc plating on steel works — is it > supposed to be a great rust inhibitor? I attached a photo of the basket in > question. I was installing fenders on my Hunq and got a good look at the > underside of the basket and saw that it was basically covered in rust. So I > took it off, and noticed that the rusted points that contacted the Nitto > Campee rack caused pitting on the rack. I have ridden in wet conditions > occasionally, but nothing drastic. I wonder how common this extent of > rusting is? The rust on mine took buseage right up to the cliff and then > over the edge! > On Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 9:27:10 AM UTC-4 brok...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I purchased a Nitto rack from Analog back in 2020, and it has the >> Cerakote finish on it. It looks great of course, but I was surprised at how >> fast the coating wore off in certain spots where my bag rested on the top >> of the rack. I wonder if the material of a bag placed inside a Wald basket >> with Cerakote would abrade the basket finish in the same manner with normal >> riding? I think Cerakote is a thinner coating than say, powdercoat, but I >> had assumed it would be a bit more durable. >> >> On Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 8:18:27 AM UTC-4 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Analog Cycles has some that are cerakoted. It’s tougher than powder. I >>> have a 137 from them & is great. Though as we speak it appears they only >>> have 137 half & full baskets. Worth a call though. Or finding a local >>> cerakote applicator. >>> >>> https://analogcycles.com/collections/basksets >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jul 11, 2022, at 4:09 PM, J J <junes...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Has anyone come across a good stainless steel basket around the same >>> size as the 139? I'm not concerned about weight. I love the Wald, but the >>> rusting has gotten too much. >>> >>> >>> Or has anyone successfully treated a new Wald with a clear coat of some >>> sort to mitigate rusting? If so, what did you use? >>> >>> Thanks very much. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/564b504e-ce12-4f07-9b6c-2dfd64e7b80cn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/564b504e-ce12-4f07-9b6c-2dfd64e7b80cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5eed1205-e682-419d-a2d7-ab741750a5dbn%40googlegroups.com.
