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coating for sliding steel parts
smart51 - 4/1/14 at 08:16 PM

I'm making a recumbent trike and part of the folding mechanism is a steel tube that slides inside a slightly larger steel tube. Both are made from CroMo bicycle tubing. If they're painted I suspect it will all be scratched off very quickly. What's the best stuff to coat / plate the tubes with to stop corrosion but allow them to slide without ripping it all off?

mookaloid - 4/1/14 at 08:35 PM

Chrome?

big_wasa - 4/1/14 at 08:37 PM

What about Teflon coating ?


http://www.plasticcoatings.co.uk/ptfe-coating.html

smart51 - 4/1/14 at 09:56 PM

both good ideas. What about something you can do yourself?

SPYDER - 4/1/14 at 11:24 PM

What about regular use of Muc off Dry lube spray or a similar PTFE type spray?

nick205 - 5/1/14 at 02:15 AM

Could you bush them with nylon or maybe brass?