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How to Age Galvanized Metal
30.06.2023 - 15:35 / hometalk.com
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Finding vintage age galvanized metal stock tanks, washtubs and the like are a little hard to find. But did you know new galvanized ones are still made and a little more readily available? And… did you know that there is a pretty easy way to age galvanized metal finishes? I bet you’ll never guess what the secret ‘age galvanized metal chemical’ is either!
I have purchased a few new galvanized metal pieces in the past week.
I bought a pair of new galvanized washtubs. The washtubs are inside the potting shed, on a vintage washtub stand. (Visit my site for a fun tour of the potting shed!)
I also bought this cutie:
This large stock tank would be for outside, under the vintage water pump by the road. ( If you’re looking for a galvanized stock tank, here are a few to choose from)
Outside, on a sunny day, the galvanized finish reflected the telltale new-ness. I mean it was shiny! In fact so shiny that I had to move it into the shade to work on it. Truly blinding in the sunlight. Probably so shiny it would have been a hazard for cars passing by! Well, maybe, but you get my point.
The water pump, we planned to set it by, is antique, so it seemed more appropriate for this tank to be vintage looking. Something that looked like it had been around ‘the farm’ for a few years.
The process to age galvanized metal, to add those years in a single day, is pretty simple, as long as you can work outside. I’m pretty sensitive to fumes and this process is a drippy fume-y mess. I doubt you’d want to drag a huge stock tank into your home to work on it anyway. On a much smaller scale, to age galvanized metal on a pail maybe could be done inside, but I really don’t like fumes and would
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