Nickel plating
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Cargo Master
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Nickel plating
thinking of plating some of the rarer bolts on the truck in nickel to protect them, like the inner fender to frame, water pump bolts, and hand brake equalizer bolts, as well as the head bolts on the 255 I am building.
Has anyone else tried plating? The caswell kits look pretty cool, I think the tailgate chain and bolt would look pretty cool in nickel also.
JB
Has anyone else tried plating? The caswell kits look pretty cool, I think the tailgate chain and bolt would look pretty cool in nickel also.
JB
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From: Queen Creek
I used Caswell, Eastwood as well as a home brewed vinegar recipe to zinc plate mine. Zinc will keep them from rusting and is what the factory uses along with cadmium. Zinc is much safer to play with though.
Ernie
Ernie
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From: La Ronge Saskatchewan
Is a home kit as durable as an industrial shop ?
I have sent plenty of hardware out over the years to a plating shop for zinc dichromate plating (gold colored) and recently had some done in zinc.....holy crap the price to do has jumped. Hood hinges, some brackets and hardware was almost $300 from what in the past would have cost less than $100. Time to either find a new shop or decide I like the painted look better.
I have sent plenty of hardware out over the years to a plating shop for zinc dichromate plating (gold colored) and recently had some done in zinc.....holy crap the price to do has jumped. Hood hinges, some brackets and hardware was almost $300 from what in the past would have cost less than $100. Time to either find a new shop or decide I like the painted look better.
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Is a home kit as durable as an industrial shop ?
I have sent plenty of hardware out over the years to a plating shop for zinc dichromate plating (gold colored) and recently had some done in zinc.....holy crap the price to do has jumped. Hood hinges, some brackets and hardware was almost $300 from what in the past would have cost less than $100. Time to either find a new shop or decide I like the painted look better.
I have sent plenty of hardware out over the years to a plating shop for zinc dichromate plating (gold colored) and recently had some done in zinc.....holy crap the price to do has jumped. Hood hinges, some brackets and hardware was almost $300 from what in the past would have cost less than $100. Time to either find a new shop or decide I like the painted look better.
JB
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