Thanks for the input everyone! I think I will do some looking around for an
industrial plating company that can just do it all at once. I paid $15 for a
drum of nuts bolts washers and misc parts for AD's and its virtually a
treasure trove for an AD owner. The parts were filthy and/or rusty so by
next week with a lot of luck, I will be done sandblasting them all and once
that is completed it will be necessary to plate them unless I want to do it
again in a few years. Thanks again!
Deve Krehbiel
Hesston, Kansas
1950 3100 * 1949 3600 * 1948 4400
www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry R. Kephart" <vpa@laroke.com>
To: "Deve Krehbiel" <dkrehbiel@kscable.com>; "OleTrucks"
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 9:24 AM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Plating Process
> Deve,
>
> I have both Eastwood products. I have had good luck with the Zinc
> electroplating process on cotter pins, small springs and flat washers so
> far. I also have the Eastwood small tumbler and after plating, toss the
> parts in it to impart a satin sheen to the dull gray plating. I am happy
> with the results but, like you say, the process is tedious (one part at a
> time). I have not had satisfactory results with the blackening system yet,
> but that is due to my lack of skill and the fact I have tried to treat
parts
> that are too large for the system. I have better hopes for when I get
around
> to smaller parts that can be completely submerged. You are right in your
> assumption that neither kit is suitable for a 55 gal drum full of parts
> (unless you also have several years of time to devote to the task).
>
> Larry Kephart
> 1955 1st 3100 Chevy (BillyBob)
> 1991 Jeep Wrangler (Renegade)
> Boca Raton, Florida
> e-mail: webmaster@laroke.com
> http://www.laroke.com/larryk4674/1998/billybob.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Deve Krehbiel
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 10:19 PM
> To: OleTrucks
> Subject: [oletrucks] Plating Process
>
>
> I have about a 55 Gal. Drum of misc Nuts, Bolts and Washers. They are
really
> gunky and I am in the process of blasting them all. Once they are sand
> blasted, they look really clean but I had another step in mind....
plating.
> I noticed Eastwood has a Zinc electroplating process and a Black Oxide
> process. I want to do this in the most efficient way possible. Neither
looks
> very production oriented. Does anyone have a better idea? I want to
protect
> all these parts after blasting because they will rust over time.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Deve Krehbiel
> Hesston, Kansas
> 1950 3100 * 1949 3600 * 1948 4400
> www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
>
>
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