<VV> WELD GALV---MSDS!

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John writes:

> Actually, it doesn't....at least NOT in your lifetime (Olde Time hot-dip 
> galvanizing used retort zinc that often contained a fair percentage of 
> cadmium....but any galvanizing done since the 1920's, and the Corvair would 
> certainly qualify, has used 99.99% pure electrolytic zinc which has NO 
> cadmium, or anything else!)! It "emits" zinc oxide, which, if you've ever 
> had kids, is what you rub on a baby's ass when it has diaper rash! It makes 
> for a lousy weld and can induce a "one time", highly unpleasant neurological 
> 
> reaction known in the metal industry as "zinc chills" (sometimes called 
> "zinc fever")....but you won't die from it. Don't believe....check the 
> MSDS!
> 
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I didn't reply to the active thread.....so Thanks! John

AND  all those that make their living welding Galvanized Corrals, etc.  thank 
you too!

Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Mr. DeckRug
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.
http://members.aol.com/patiomatt    Corvair Info!