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Good or bad idea to clear over old plated parts? |
doug_b_928 |
Dec 10 2017, 03:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 692 Joined: 17-January 13 From: Winnipeg Member No.: 15,382 Region Association: Canada |
One of my winter projects is refurbishing the pedal cluster. I'm going to paint or powder coat the black parts (probably paint because I don't have a glossy powder). I'm not planning to get the plated stuff re-plated. Just clean it very well with a combination of steel wool, sand paper and wire wheels. But I was thinking putting a clear over the plated parts might keep them looking nice a lot longer. Is this a good approach when not re-plating?
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914forme |
Dec 10 2017, 06:44 PM
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None |
You can also do zinc at home if you want.
Caswell Copy Cad and Zinc plating kit. Pedals parts where zinc and not cadium BTW. But lost of other Cadium parts, like the waskers, and nuts. Smaller scale Eastwood also has a kit Ampicar770 did this review: "I have to admit that this totally exceeded my expectations. Attached are some before and after pics of my fuel injection rail and ratiners. I gave them a quick clean in the blast cabinet followed by a wipe down with Eastwood Pre Paint. Left them in plating solution for about 10 minutes, then polished with the provided compound and a cloth." These parts look familiar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
bdstone914 |
Dec 11 2017, 08:33 AM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,528 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
You can also do zinc at home if you want. Caswell Copy Cad and Zinc plating kit. Pedals parts where zinc and not cadium BTW. But lost of other Cadium parts, like the waskers, and nuts. Smaller scale Eastwood also has a kit Ampicar770 did this review: "I have to admit that this totally exceeded my expectations. Attached are some before and after pics of my fuel injection rail and ratiners. I gave them a quick clean in the blast cabinet followed by a wipe down with Eastwood Pre Paint. Left them in plating solution for about 10 minutes, then polished with the provided compound and a cloth." These parts look familiar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Is that the before or after picture ? |
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