A world of information at your fingertips. Not like the old days, of looking things up in the library. I bet almost everyone under 30 yrs old have no idea what the Dewey Decimal System is. If you were wealthy, you had a set of Encyclopedias that were less than 10 yrs old.
When people say things like this, I find it difficult to take them seriously. Consider your audience. You’re speaking to owners, enthusiasts and prospective buyers who you don’t know.
No, I just took your original post as an insult, directed at me. Especially after unwarranted attacks on this thread by @nerubi , who conveniently had his posts erased. If I read it wrong, I apologize.
Put your mind at ease. My original post was in no way directed towards you and neither was any malice intended. I can always appreciate a different perspective and even welcome a difference of opinion so long as it’s kept respectful.
Thank you.
I wish it were microscopic. The one that I have is about 1/2 x 1/4 inch. Many here are much larger.
I don't, but I was in the Coast Guard and we had many aluminum boats and ships. It is very common to have a zinc anode on anything aluminum, especially in salt water. The zinc gives off it's electrons more easily, thus sacrificing itself for the sake of the aluminum. The issue is the doors and hinges are bolted together with steel fasteners before paint. There is a solid metal to metal interface between them. The different metals create an electrolytic reaction and the aluminum corrodes, sacrificing itself for the steel. The solution is to paint the door hinges and door skins before bolting them together. The paint should create enough of a barrier that this is no longer an issue. Same for the hood. All that said, the best course of action is to find an out of the way, obscure location, remove the paint to bare metal and bolt on some zincs.
They should be bolted to the aluminum. That said, each bolt could be backed out, the bare surface coated (with paint if you like I guess) and the bolt replaced after it had dried. Another option that may not be feasible is a rubber washer to isolate the steel fastener from the aluminum bits.
Thank you.
I guess -is the issue they cannot figure out a way to paint the bolts before putting it all together? - because the paint would strip (off the bolts and maybe even off where the bolts sets) if they tried to screw on visually exposed painted bolts - so, therefore, they put it together first then paint it all?
