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Parkerizing, bonderizing, phosphating, or phosphatizing is a method of protecting a steel surface from corrosion and increasing its resistance to wear through the application of an electrochemical phosphate conversion coating. Parkerizing is usually considered to be an improved zinc or manganese phosphating process, and not to be an improved iron phosphating process, although some use the term parkerizing as a generic term for applying phosphating (or phosphatizing) coatings that does include the iron phosphating process.
Parkerizing is commonly used on firearms as a more effective alternative to bluing, which is another electrochemical conversion coating that was developed earlier. It's also used extensively on automobiles to protect unfinished metal parts from corrosion.
The Parkerizing process cannot be used on non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, brass, or copper. It similarly cannot be applied to steels containing a large amount of nickel, or on stainless steel. Passivation can be used for protecting other metals.
So I am big into motorcycles, including choppers, bobbers and rat bikes. One thing wee commonly do is whats called Parkerizing or on metals that cant be parkerized we use passivation. I was wondering if anybody has ever tried this on a winch cable. Besides being a really cool look, it's very useful to protect the metal from corrosion.
I ask because a semi rusty winch cable just look like garbage and rust weakens it. I know how to do it at home in 5 gallon buckets and would actually do it in larger batches if need be. What are your thoughts on this and the application i would like to use it for?
Parkerizing is commonly used on firearms as a more effective alternative to bluing, which is another electrochemical conversion coating that was developed earlier. It's also used extensively on automobiles to protect unfinished metal parts from corrosion.
The Parkerizing process cannot be used on non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, brass, or copper. It similarly cannot be applied to steels containing a large amount of nickel, or on stainless steel. Passivation can be used for protecting other metals.
So I am big into motorcycles, including choppers, bobbers and rat bikes. One thing wee commonly do is whats called Parkerizing or on metals that cant be parkerized we use passivation. I was wondering if anybody has ever tried this on a winch cable. Besides being a really cool look, it's very useful to protect the metal from corrosion.
I ask because a semi rusty winch cable just look like garbage and rust weakens it. I know how to do it at home in 5 gallon buckets and would actually do it in larger batches if need be. What are your thoughts on this and the application i would like to use it for?