[TR] Tin-Zinc plating kit

[John Mitchell]

I've used the Caswell Copy Cad kit with great success.  It's expensive 
to get started, as it's best to have a variable power suppy to do the 
plating.  You can just plate and it will leave a dull silver zinc like 
cadmium plate, or you can add a brightener and get an almost chrome 
shine to the plate.  You can also dip in yellow chromate dye  after 
plating for yellow zinc parts.   If you've just got a bucket of bolts to 
be done, it would be cheaper and much easier to go commercial .  If you 
watch ebay, you can often pick up a power supply pretty cheap.  As with 
any plating, the preparation the part receives is the most important 
part. Check out caswell's web site.  There's a great deal of information 
there, and they are very helpful with problems.  They also host a 
plating forum online.       John Mitchell    76 TR6 with lots of fresh 
yellow zinc parts.  

Dave Willner wrote:
> I'm thinking about improving the appearance of a lot of smaller hardware and
> odds and ends this winter and was wondering if anyone has any experience using
> any of the plating kits available today, I know Eastwoods sells a fairly
> inexpensive Tin-Zinc kit that seems to produce some pretty nice results. I've
> also looked at some of the cad plating systems, a bit more expensive but a
> real nice finish. Thanks
>
> Dave Willner
> Stroudsburg, PA
> 59 TR3A Apple Green
> 70 MGB BRG
> 70 BSA 441 Victor Special
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