All of AMICO Security’s finishing processes involve a zinc layer for superior corrosion protection. Corrosion is an electro-chemical process caused by an electrical potential between two small areas of steel, anodes and cathodes, and an electrolyte. The electrolyte, most often water, starts the corrosion reaction by connecting the anode and with the cathode resulting in iron oxide, which is the brown, flaky rust typically seen on unprotected steel. While a traditional paint layer aims to prevent water from touching the steel, a zinc layer provides a superior cathodic protection replacing the steel anode with a zinc anode resulting in Zinc oxide which forms a protective layer instead of rust.