Ace Galvanizing

The service area published is the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Hawaii.

Shipping and receiving hours are Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, and a night drop is available - so material can be dropped off outside those hours.

The plant has around-the-clock shift capacity, so production runs beyond the shipping and receiving window.

The facility includes a 4-acre laydown yard, which is where large structural steel is staged before and after galvanizing.

To get a price, the site has a "Request a Quote" page at /contact.

No prices, rates, price per pound or per ton, or minimum charges are published anywhere on the site.

The site does not publish turnaround times, whether pickup and delivery is offered, freight arrangements for Alaska and Hawaii, minimum order sizes, payment terms, or how long a quote takes. Those are answered by calling 206-762-0330 or emailing info@acegalv.com.

The site also has a gallery, an employees section and an SDS (safety data sheet) page.

Lists Frederick and Seattle as a location. Names Northwest, Alaska, Hawaii, and Pakistan as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.

2. Caustic cleaning - soaked in 10% caustic soda at at least 180°F to remove cutting oils, grease and organic contaminants. Time varies with contamination.

3. Caustic rinse - rinsed in a water tank to prevent carry-over of caustic soda to the acid tank.

4. Pickling - pickled in a 10% to 12% solution of sulfuric acid at 145°F to remove rust, mill scale and oxidation. Time varies with contamination.

5. Acid rinse - a second rinse to remove acid residue.

6. Fluxing - submerged in 165°F zinc ammonium chloride, known as preflux, leaving a crystalline coating that promotes the iron-zinc alloy layers and prevents oxidation before the kettle.

7. Dipping - after drying, submerged in the galvanizing kettle containing molten zinc at 830°F. Immersion time varies with the mass of the material.

The arrival inspection requirements matter most to a fabricator: parts must be vented and drained, free of paint, oil and heavy contamination, and within the kettle size, or they will be rejected or need extra preparation.

A downloadable PDF of the process is available on the site.

The design topics include bend diameters, cold worked steels, dissimilar steel chemistries, dissimilar metal corrosion with zinc, distortion and warping, bolts, nails and fasteners, hole sizes, threaded assemblies, part identification, masking, material handling, moving parts, overlapped surfaces, steel residues, steel selection, steel size limits, steel surfaces, temporary bracing, venting and drainage, weight increase, welding before galvanizing, and zinc metal properties.

Specific guidance is published for box sections, enclosed and semi-enclosed products, handrail, pipe columns, pipe girders, street light poles and transmission poles, pipe truss 3 inches and larger, rectangular tube truss, tapered single arm, and tubular fabrications.

Venting and drainage is the single most common cause of a part being rejected or damaged: sealed sections can trap air or fluid and are a safety hazard in a molten zinc kettle.

The site also lists inspection courses and inspector listings, US and non-US.

Ask anyway — the agent will say plainly that it is not published rather than guess.