smart51
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| posted on 4/1/14 at 08:16 PM |
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coating for sliding steel parts
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?
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mookaloid
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| posted on 4/1/14 at 08:35 PM |
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Chrome?
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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big_wasa
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| posted on 4/1/14 at 08:37 PM |
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What about Teflon coating ?
http://www.plasticcoatings.co.uk/ptfe-coating.html
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smart51
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| posted on 4/1/14 at 09:56 PM |
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both good ideas. What about something you can do yourself?
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SPYDER
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| posted on 4/1/14 at 11:24 PM |
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What about regular use of Muc off Dry lube spray or a similar PTFE type spray?
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nick205
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| posted on 5/1/14 at 02:15 AM |
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Could you bush them with nylon or maybe brass?
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