[sdiy] mounting boards to front panels

[Seb Francis]

Seb Francis wrote:
> Michael Bacich wrote:
>>
>> On May 5, 2006, at 8:36 AM, Seb Francis wrote:
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>>> I have loads of sheet zintec which is quite thin
>>
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>> What is zintec?  Is it a variant of steel?
>
> Yeah, it's a type of sheet steel, very commonly used for equipment 
> cases because it's fairly easy to cut & fold edges, etc. and although 
> it is smooth to the touch, it is actually very finely rough so 
> electrostaticly coated powder & bake paint sticks to it very well 
> (sorry, don't know the technical term for this type of painting process).
>

I've just done a quick lookup .. to be more precise: it's zinc coated 
mild steel.  Used also for plant pots ..
http://www.butlersheetmetal.com/tinbasherblog/2006/01/26/zintec-planters/

And a lot in cars (that's why modern car metalwork doesn't rust as much 
as it used to before zinc coating became popular).

Seb