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> Home Plating Kit, Works Pretty Good!
Qarl
post Jun 30 2003, 08:58 PM
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I bought a home plating kit from Caswell Plating called Copy Cad.

It's a Zinc/Cadmium Electroplating kit.

It works pretty good. Next, I will dip them in yellow chromate to duplicate the factory yellow/iradescent finish on the parts.

http://www.caswellplating.com


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post Jul 1 2003, 06:55 AM
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Karl, Great looking results. Your car is going to be really nice.

Does the home cad plating process add enough material to affect the fit of nut and bolt threads? I know most nut and bolt hardware ia originally cad plated but wonder if there is any difference in the process.

Also, in a previous post where the writer showed his beatiful cad plated hardware, some one posted concerning embrittlement of metal due to cad plating. Is this still a problem with the home process?

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Qarl   Home Plating Kit   Jun 30 2003, 08:58 PM
Qarl   Headlight pivot bracket up close   Jun 30 2003, 08:59 PM
Lawrence914-6   That's pretty cool... shoot a pic when you get...   Jun 30 2003, 09:00 PM
Qarl   Lawrence... I see plating in your future... You...   Jun 30 2003, 09:02 PM
Lawrence914-6   Here's the irony in all this... By the point ...   Jun 30 2003, 09:18 PM
maf914   Karl, Great looking results. Your car is going to...   Jul 1 2003, 06:55 AM
Qarl   You can add as little or a much as you need. You ...   Jul 1 2003, 07:21 AM
914Timo   Karl, looks wonderfull !!! :boing: ...   Jul 1 2003, 07:30 AM
tod914   wow turned out real nice. what did you have to do...   Jul 1 2003, 08:24 AM
Qarl   Damni it! I should have taken pics before I p...   Jul 1 2003, 09:10 AM
Lawrence914-6   Is there an issue if the parts are touching one an...   Jul 1 2003, 09:20 AM
Qarl   The parts can touch each other, but you may get so...   Jul 1 2003, 09:40 AM
HarveyH   Technically, items touching is not a good idea. T...   Jul 1 2003, 12:24 PM
Qarl   Cool Harvery... you can be the resident plating ex...   Jul 1 2003, 12:31 PM
HarveyH   Depending on the specific application, they may us...   Jul 2 2003, 11:33 AM
Qarl   I chromate a few parts. Here is a pic. (Sorry, i...   Jul 12 2003, 05:38 PM
Red-Beard   Don't apply the plating to parts which may get...   Jul 12 2003, 06:07 PM
Qarl   I don't think this headlight pivot bracket wil...   Jul 12 2003, 06:10 PM
URY914   Karl, That stuff is so preeeeety!!! ...   Jul 12 2003, 06:15 PM
redshift   <...   Jul 12 2003, 07:42 PM
campbellcj   <...   Jul 13 2003, 09:50 AM


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