Question: what is the difference between zinc and galvanized?
Answer: Both zinc plating and galvanizing is an application of zinc plating. The big difference is thickness: zinc plating is normally 0.2 mils thick. Hot dip galvanizing might be 1.0 mil thick – you get over 5 times the protection with galvanizing. ... After 20 years outdoors a galvanized product will not show signs of rust.