Anybody do zinc plating here? |
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Anybody do zinc plating here? |
JimmyG |
Feb 13 2016, 03:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 146 Joined: 10-September 04 From: Birmingham, AL Member No.: 2,730 Region Association: South East States |
Working on getting my engine parts together for the rebuild and need a half dozen or so parts done and all the stuff I see locally is large or massive part number platers.I just need a little done and looked in the vendor spot with no success. Is there somebody trustworthy that does this for our 914 restos?
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gandalf_025 |
Feb 28 2016, 09:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,453 Joined: 25-June 09 From: North Shore, Massachusetts Member No.: 10,509 Region Association: North East States |
Again, if you want to pay someone to clean your parts and pay
to ship them both ways to a middle man, go for it. A little due diligence on your part can cut out the middle man and go right to the shop that does the work. This isn't that difficult... The plater he uses does good work.. I'm pretty sure it is a place outside Boston.. |
Shaun @ Tru6 |
Feb 29 2016, 01:05 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 29-February 16 From: Watertown, MA Member No.: 19,715 Region Association: None |
Again, if you want to pay someone to clean your parts and pay to ship them both ways to a middle man, go for it. A little due diligence on your part can cut out the middle man and go right to the shop that does the work. This isn't that difficult... The plater he uses does good work.. I'm pretty sure it is a place outside Boston.. The plater I use asked for and has a stack of my business cards that they give to everyone who comes in with car parts. They hate them. What I do isn't for everyone. My focus is high end restoration work and just packed up 45 lb of hardware from a 73S going back to Italy. It's also enthusiasts who have limited time and want the best possible plating. I don't just clean parts, there's no fun in that. My process is to clean off-the-car, dirty rusty parts, then strip them of all plating, sometimes soda or bead blast as needed, then tumble with a mild ceramic abrasive as the first stage in surface preps and them tumble with porcelain beads to gain the proper finish the customer requests, upon plating. If you are restoring a 914-4 or -6 to Hagerty 1 and don't want the bright zinc only available today, I can fix that. Or cadmium, nickel, chrome and bright dip+anodizing for bright aluminum trim. In short, like painting a car, I am all about surface prep. This means the plating is the best it can possibly be and won't degrade quickly. Restoration shops send me junk re-plated parts all the time to be done again because these parts are typically a nuisance to most platers and are treated that way. And platers are known to lose things. I also replace all Schnorr, wave and lock washers free of charge. These should never be reused. A small sampling, apparently there's a limit in size. |
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