Nuts, bolts and parts back from Cad Plating!

[304065]

Wow! Jewelry!

After much hemming and hawing I decided to go with silver Cadmium (real, honest-to-goodness, liver-destroying, small-furry-animal killing Cadmium!) for the majority of my plating. A few bits will be done with a yellow chromate later. (The tie rod got in there by accident. . . I know they weren't plated. )

To replicate the Bostik Endurion and black phosphate coatings, I used Black zinc. This is actually a black chromate coating over silver zinc. I think it came out great, particularly on the hubs. These were baked to prevent hydrogen embrittlement, as were the 12,9 M8 screws for the CV joints.

Those of you on the east coast may want to check out General Galvanizing and Plating, located at 652 Whittier Avenue up in the Bronx. This is right in the shadow of the Hunts Point market and is accessible off the Bruckner Expressway. Here is their web site. Ask for John.

http://www.generalgalvanizing.com/

Now, to sort everything out! It will take a while but be worth it.

Enjoy!

[freezing14]

isnt it like jewelry for a car ,,drooling icon...

i have to do that too

[berettafan]

black looks really nice. no issues with threads not fitting with the extra coating?

[304065]

black looks really nice. no issues with threads not fitting with the extra coating?

Erik,

Plating giveth what oxidation taketh away.

Actually, I am anticipating that there will be a tighter thread fit in some cases. On the hubs in particular, the fit between the hub and stub axle is tighter now. Fortunately there just aren't that many black-colored fasteners on the car-- most of what you see is washers of various types, so it won't be hard to sort out. I have some inexpensive thread chasers to restore the tolerance if things end up too tight.

The iron law of restoration is evident here-- the nicer the part starts out, the nicer it ends up. Although you can't see it in the photos, my hardware was a mix of very nice stuff that had original plating intact, and some stuff that would not have been out of place in Mel Fisher's Maritime Museum in Key West. For example, bolts where corrosion had necked down the diameter, with pits that look like Edward James Olmos' cheeks. These will be thrown in the garbage, never to be used on a moving car- not worth the risk of failure.

[denson]

Jewelry was perfect. Those parts will look great on the car.

[robmog]

very nice, if i may ask:
is there a minimum?
and what was the turn around?

[911pcars]

Did they also plate the innards of your fuel pump?

Looks nice, but let us know how it moves fuel after you connect 12 volts to it.

Sherwood

[mike curnow]

Pictures of plating without prices = nothing.

[John Straub]

John...How did you have them do the full pump? Did you cap it off?

John

[304065]

very nice, if i may ask:
is there a minimum?
and what was the turn around?

Thanks-- I didn't ask whether there was a minimum charge. I dropped this material off last Friday, February 5th, and picked it up last night, February 9th. Two business days. It is best not to let one's parts hang around too long.

LOL fellas on the fuel pump, as you gents can see that's the real deal with the M12x1.5 ports and "Ein" "Oben" and "Aus" stamped in the side. It probably quit working in the late 1960s! So it's all show. . .no go! Undeniably the acid they use to activate the steel for plating will have dissolved the pump internals. It will make a very nice fuel filter, though

Mike, is that your way of asking how much it cost? The price was $350, I don't know what that works out to per pound, including significant bead-blasting and surface prep prior the process. I am very happy with the work they did and recommend them without reservations.