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| Qarl |
 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 Attached image(s) 
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| Qarl |
Jul 1 2003, 09:10 AM
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Shriveled member Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,233 Joined: 8-February 03 From: Florida Member No.: 271 Region Association: None |
Damni it!
I should have taken pics before I packed everything up. Maybe I can rebuild the lab next week. It's essentially a 2 1/2 gallon bucket with a supersaturated zinc concentrate solution in it plus 2 gallons of distilled water. You place two zinc plate electrodes on either side of the tank and connect them together with gator clips. You have a copper hanger bar over the top of the tank from which you suspend parts to be plated. The copper bar is connected to the negative lead of a 1.5V power back. The zinc plates (annode) is connected to the negative lead. You adjust the amperage of the power depending on area of the part to be plated. 0.25 ma per square inch! I bead plast the parts, soak them for a few minutes in diluted acid (battery acid) to pickle, rinse and then plate. Do not touch for 4 hours (wear gloves) or the acid on your skin will blacken the plating. I rinse them and dry them in the oven (not really necessary). I place the convection oven on warm. The warm air and fan help dry the part and prevent spotting. |
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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 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!!!
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