should i get my fixings plated?
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:37 pm
ello guys,
well as you know i'm restoring my van and it's gonna be quite shiny
some peeps here have had their fixings plated, with cadmium or nickel - see my other thread http://www.morrisminoroc.co.uk/index.ph ... ic&t=11329 for details and inspiring photos
obviously I'm cleaning all the fixings and getting all the rust off 'em
oh btw by fixings i mean nuts and bolts, stuff like that
so anyway, yeah, do you reckon it's worth getting them plated? There's a company very near where i live which can plate them (with anything including gold lol
) and they recommend plating them with zinc and passivate - apparently this gives the fixings an iridescent finish 
which stops rust developing - even if it is scratched the zinc corrodes in preference to the steel underneath, so it's gonna keep the fixings rust-free for years (that's what the nice man said ).
the minimum cost is thirty squids.
so whaddaya reckon??
juliet xxxxx
well as you know i'm restoring my van and it's gonna be quite shiny
some peeps here have had their fixings plated, with cadmium or nickel - see my other thread http://www.morrisminoroc.co.uk/index.ph ... ic&t=11329 for details and inspiring photos
obviously I'm cleaning all the fixings and getting all the rust off 'em
oh btw by fixings i mean nuts and bolts, stuff like that
so anyway, yeah, do you reckon it's worth getting them plated? There's a company very near where i live which can plate them (with anything including gold lol
) and they recommend plating them with zinc and passivate - apparently this gives the fixings an iridescent finish which stops rust developing - even if it is scratched the zinc corrodes in preference to the steel underneath, so it's gonna keep the fixings rust-free for years (that's what the nice man said ).the minimum cost is thirty squids.
so whaddaya reckon??
juliet xxxxx
