zinc plating bolts
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Drifting
Joined: Sep 2002
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From: South Florida
zinc plating bolts
Trying to prevent corrosion on my recently blasted hardware (bolts, nuts, washers, etc)
I thought I saw somewhere that Harbor Freight or someone makes a small zinc electorplating tank.
Anyone know about this or use it?
I thought I saw somewhere that Harbor Freight or someone makes a small zinc electorplating tank.
Anyone know about this or use it?
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 1,469
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From: 68 427 4.11s Roadster
Tedious? maybe.
You could check harbour freights website. I remember something about it but like you can't remember. I don't think its real plating though.
http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/index.html
Has any kit you want and for little things like bolts might be worth it. I have nickel and copper for 4.5 gallons each. The bolts to be nickeled.
Plating yourself has certain advantages. I got into and discovered one more. I can put names or designs on my parts with 2 different plates.
Copper calipers with nickel highlights.
To the tedious. Plating is very simple.
It can be tedious if your buffing parts or copper plating them to fill pits or make them smooth.
Plating is simple but finishing is tedious.
You could check harbour freights website. I remember something about it but like you can't remember. I don't think its real plating though.
http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/index.html
Has any kit you want and for little things like bolts might be worth it. I have nickel and copper for 4.5 gallons each. The bolts to be nickeled.
Plating yourself has certain advantages. I got into and discovered one more. I can put names or designs on my parts with 2 different plates.
Copper calipers with nickel highlights.
To the tedious. Plating is very simple.
It can be tedious if your buffing parts or copper plating them to fill pits or make them smooth.
Plating is simple but finishing is tedious.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 1,469
Likes: 6
From: 68 427 4.11s Roadster
Tedious? maybe.
You could check harbour freights website. I remember something about it but like you can't remember. I don't think its real plating though.
http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/index.html
Has any kit you want and for little things like bolts might be worth it. I have nickel and copper for 4.5 gallons each. The bolts to be nickeled.
Plating yourself has certain advantages. I got into and discovered one more. I can put names or designs on my parts with 2 different plates.
Copper calipers with nickel highlights.
To the tedious. Plating is very simple.
It can be tedious if your buffing parts or copper plating them to fill pits or make them smooth.
Plating is simple but finishing is tedious.
If you do get into the caswell plating I came up with a cheaper and simpler power supply than a 6 volt battery.
You could check harbour freights website. I remember something about it but like you can't remember. I don't think its real plating though.
http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/index.html
Has any kit you want and for little things like bolts might be worth it. I have nickel and copper for 4.5 gallons each. The bolts to be nickeled.
Plating yourself has certain advantages. I got into and discovered one more. I can put names or designs on my parts with 2 different plates.
Copper calipers with nickel highlights.
To the tedious. Plating is very simple.
It can be tedious if your buffing parts or copper plating them to fill pits or make them smooth.
Plating is simple but finishing is tedious.
If you do get into the caswell plating I came up with a cheaper and simpler power supply than a 6 volt battery.
Race Director
Joined: Dec 1999
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Imagine having a big 10 gallon bucket full of bolts, nuts, washers and what not..then doing all the plating yourself. I just drop my stuff off at the platers, they dump everything in a big drum and hang the larger stuff, comes out perfect every time...for the 100$ or so that it cost me I would certainly not want to do it myself.
Last edited by Twin_Turbo; Sep 18, 2005 at 06:01 PM.
Thread Starter
Drifting
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From: South Florida
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2001
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From: May help you? You can sure as hell try!
I've used the Eastwood system and it works well. However, as mentioned, it is a tedious process and if you are looking at having a bucket of bolts replated it is probably much more economical to have a local plater do it.
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