If you have a brand new never been in the water gal trailer would painting it prolong its life. Or any other coating.
No 1 is fish oil
On my last fishing boat I also ran a sprinkler type hose through the channels and flushed out every use.
No 1 is fish oil
On my last fishing boat I also ran a sprinkler type hose through the channels and flushed out every use.
I will second fish oil, squirted on with an inexpensive engine cleaning gun.
Coat it with Lanotec Steel-Seal. I use it on all skin fittings and motor. It keeps everything like new. You can clean it off with engine degreaser and your trailer will look like new again.
www.lanotec.com.au/product/steel-seal-australia
Does spraying with Fish Oil leave a sticky surface - i.e. when you touch it a week later, is it like wet oil, or a smear of Vaseline, on your skin?
Does spraying with Fish Oil leave a sticky surface - i.e. when you touch it a week later, is it like wet oil, or a smear of Vaseline, on your skin?
No it dries
Painting over galvanising is not easy. The surface has to be specially prepared, and sometimes a light sand blast is used. Alternatively it is left to weather. If some of the paint comes off, the exposed gal becomes more vulnerable.
All in all I dont think it is worth the trouble painting if it is a good gal job.
+1 for fresh water, but down the track and for those that haven't discovered it, get a tin of Tectyl 506. Looks like crap but works great.
+1 for Tectyl 506. I painted my anchor and chain with it.
Cisco, how does the Tectyl cope with regular immersion in salt water and abrasion with the seabed, I was thinking of doing something similar.