Vintage car: Trabant 500 Kombi body restoration with zinc spraying
Project summary.
Vintage car body restoration with Thermal Metal Spray technology: zinc spraying and aluminium metal spraying.
Client
Oldtimer restoration specialist
Location
Pétfürdő site
Period
2025
Category
Automotive
On this project we worked with professional vintage car restorers on a highly valuable but somewhat worn Trabant 500 Kombi. We carried out the anti-corrosion restoration of the corrosion-exposed body using Thermal Zinc/Aluminium Metal Spray technology befitting the value of the vehicle.
First step: grit blasting, cleaning and surface preparation.
In the first phase of the process we use grit blasting with electro-corundum to remove all contamination and rust from the surface of the body. Only once maximum cleanliness (grade Sa3) and the right surface roughness have been achieved do we move on to applying a 150-300 micron protective metal coating of the right thickness, which provides long-term corrosion protection.
Metal spraying: building up the metal coating.
Using a Zn/Al 85/15% alloy, we build up the coating with our state-of-the-art Arc Spray metal spraying equipment.
Zinc, aluminium and zinc/aluminium alloys are applied to the cleaned substrate in line with the client's requirements.
Complete corrosion protection for the body surface.
To extend service life, we paint the metal-sprayed surface with a high-quality, two-component, epoxy-based industrial paint system. The final paint finish is usually done by the body restoration and paint specialists.
On request, together with our subcontractor, we can also have the complete body KTL coated by immersion in a paint bath. In this electrolytic process (electro-dip coating), the cavities and the entire metal-sprayed surface are coated as well.
Land Rovers, Bentleys, UAZs, complete truck chassis and military vehicle chassis have all been treated at our plant.
