[Healeys] Caswell zinc plating kit

[richard mayor]

I second the notion of using the white cadmium plating. I did the same
thing here in Portland a few years back with a 5 gallon bucket of
fasteners. There are economies of scale so if you go that route so do as
many fasteners and small brackets as you can at that one time.  I think the
white cad is so much more pleasing to the eye than today's zinc plating.

My pro.

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 11:05 AM Curtis Arndt via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Alan,
>
> I used Caswell "Copy Cad" for years, and while the results were very good,
> it took a learning curve to get there, *and it was very time consuming*.
>
> In the end, I took my large buckets of clean wire brushed fasteners for my
> BN1 restoration to Burbank Plating and had them all done in white Cadmium.
> White Cad not only gives the same look as Zinc done 60+ years ago, it's
> four times more rust resistant.
>
> Now Burbank normally does not do fasteners for car hobbyists as people
> still think they can bring in a rusty coffee can full of crappy rusty
> fasteners and have them come back looking like new for $20.  Those days are
> long gone.  They do mostly contract, new production fasteners.
>
> I brought in a more than 'full" five gallon bucket of fasteners (more like
> six plus gallons) that were all derusted, cleaned, inspected (threads and
> heads were all good) and wire brushed... They were pristine. The owner said
> that he would love to do them for me, *and only because I gave him
> fasteners worthy of the time and effort to replate*. They individually
> wired ALL of the fasteners down to the smallest ones, and did not lose
> one!  They even did my excellent condition, original brake and fuel lines.
> At $600 it wasn't cheap, but a deal and worth every dollar spent.
>
> BTW They do ALL of the fastener plating for Jay Leno's cars.  FWIW, the
> owner is a 6' 3" blond haired and bearded 30 something gentleman who looks
> like a Northwest or Canadian lumberjack.
>
> BTW their shop is immaculate, yes imagine a plating shop that looks that
> good, and try as they might, the A$$HOLE EPA inspectors have not been able
> to find any violations in their procedures.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 8:49 AM John Vrugtman <javrugtman at htcnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I used Caswell's zinc kit for several years on three projects.  I did
>> most of the setup myself, using only the chemicals.  Worked quite well for
>> small parts, hardware and things like relay covers.  for prolonging the
>> look you can use a clear coat over it.  Like most things it has a learning
>> curve.
>>
>> John
>> 64/66 BJ8s
>>
>> On 2/24/2021 9:08 PM, Alan Seigrist via Healeys wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone have experience with these?  Are these kits worth it?  Is the
>> zinc plating decent enough?
>>
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