Blueskies wrote:

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On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 13:09:44 GMT, "Blueskies"


The VAST majority are bright zinc plated.


You guys are probably right - zinc is it; same as galvanized, right?

Yep, galvanized means zinc coated (by electroplating). A lot of car
body parts are nowadays too, they figured out how to make paint stick
to the zinc coating, look nice, and cost low enough to still turn a
profit.