On Sunday, 5 July 2020 09:46:55 UTC+1, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
If its galvanised, though surely the act of cutting removes this, and if you
want to remove it, it might rust up.
Brian

Yes, true, but slapping a bit of suitable grease on should protect it where the threads mesh. And I'll probably end up painting the rest eventually. (Yes, I know the issues of painting zinc.)