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In a message dated 09/14/2001 8:28:01 AM Atlantic Daylight Time,
writes:
> Of course the real cruising difference between HT and standard chain has
> been weight vs strength and cost, but also regalvanizing. Very few shops,
> particularly foreign, will regalvanize HT because it is heat tempered.
> Improperly hot dipped galvanizing of HT chain will make it brittle.
>
I don't think it is worthwhile to re-galvanize a chain. My chain has lost
its zinc early on and then rusted to the point where it has elongated enough
so that it does not fit the wildcat in three years of constant use.
Norm
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