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Question about Prepping for Plating |
aggiezig |
Apr 10 2018, 10:50 AM
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Porsche Wannabe Group: Members Posts: 319 Joined: 13-January 16 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 19,557 Region Association: Southern California |
Hey World,
I'm getting to the point where I am gathering up all my hardware to be re-plated. I've tumbled a lot of pieces and then stripped old plating off with some muriatic acid and coated with WD-40 for storage until ready to plate. I'm having a tough time finding someone who plates smaller jobs here in the Houston area. Most of the plating shops are geared towards the oil/gas industry and take on massive jobs. I've reached out to a couple of local restoration shops to see if they'd share their contacts but no luck so far. Does anyone know of any Houston area platers? I also have a few questions I thought I'd ask you all...
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toolguy |
Apr 10 2018, 11:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 2-April 11 From: San Diego / El Cajon Member No.: 12,889 Region Association: Southern California |
From my experience, anything you beadblast needs to be smoothed out on a wire wheel or you will have a drab 'sandpaper' finish under the plating. . tumbled parts seem to turn out well. . Latches can be plated as a unit, just need to be well cleaned. . the more you do the better the finished job. I hand wire wheel clean every bolt after blasting.
I found a local shop that is accommodating to small lots. . usually $50 to $80 for a group of small parts. . seems to work out to about $1 a part for nuts bolts clamps and other same sized parts. |
gandalf_025 |
Apr 10 2018, 11:24 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 |
Depending on how much stuff you have, a large flat rate box from the Post Office is around 14.00 and there is no real weight limit.
So you don't have to stay that local. I've shipped a flywheel, pressure plate and disc cross country that way. in one box.. You have done all the hard work already... |
defianty |
Apr 10 2018, 11:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 659 Joined: 9-August 06 From: Essex, UK Member No.: 6,621 Region Association: None |
From my experience, anything you beadblast needs to be smoothed out on a wire wheel or you will have a drab 'sandpaper' finish under the plating. Yeah I learnt that the hard way. From my limited experience having everything clean really helps but you don't have to go over the top. It sounds like you have that in hand. The vast majority is plated zinc and yellow. It's fairly obvious as to what parts are just plain. |
mepstein |
Apr 10 2018, 11:45 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,272 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Depending on how much stuff you have, a large flat rate box from the Post Office is around 14.00 and there is no real weight limit. So you don't have to stay that local. I've shipped a flywheel, pressure plate and disc cross country that way. in one box.. You have done all the hard work already... 70 pound limit. Works great for heavy stuff but its a good idea to double box and use a lot of packing tape to reinforce the box if you intend to go heavy. |
aggiezig |
Apr 10 2018, 12:11 PM
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Porsche Wannabe Group: Members Posts: 319 Joined: 13-January 16 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 19,557 Region Association: Southern California |
I hadn’t thought about flat rate. That’s a good idea.
If going out of state, who would you guys recommend that won’t break the bank? |
Matty900 |
Apr 10 2018, 12:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
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