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The process of galvanising and protecting steel from corrosion has been around for well over 100 years now. So, it’s not surprising there are a few misconceptions that have snuck in over that time.

One of the most common requests from people not overly familiar with galvanising sounds simple enough at face value, however, is not as straight forward as it might seem: “Can you double dip our steel to give it a thicker and more heavy-duty coating?”

Who would’ve thought a twitchy frog leg could lead to one of the most enduring industrial innovations of all time? Hot dip galvanising, the robust process that has protected steel for over 180 years, owes part of its origin story to the curious observation of a frog’s post-mortem jig.