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Not sure how well that kit works. However, you will likely be in the $90-150 range for a minimum charge per batch if you had a real plater do the parts for you. Not to mention lost or damaged parts...
 
snaggletto said:
Not sure how well that kit works. However, you will likely be in the $90-150 range for a minimum charge per batch if you had a real plater do the parts for you. Not to mention lost or damaged parts...
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Agreed, we send parts out everyday at work for an assortment of different platings and routinely pay at least $125 lot charges and then there is always an additional 8 - 10% enviromental fee on top of that
 
I had considered setting up my own plating operation for my restoration, but in the end decided to leave it to the experts. As long as you can put things into a batch or two, I think it's best to let them do it. If you're going to just slowly work your way through different areas of the project, I say go for it. There's lots of info online about setting up something for not much money- one guy talked about using two D-cell batteries and pickle juice and old boat zincs (plus the yellow chromate fixer).
I sent my stuff (I sandblasted it first) to a place in Portland, Oregon (TFC Plating) and they did great work for very little money. Like $60 for a good sized box of stuff... just don't include anything aluminum, like the vacuum switch casing for the early Front Drive in the foreground of this picture. Looks good, but big mistake.

It's like Christmas when they come back!
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I can't seem to find anyone with 100 miles that is interested in doing small batches. Shipping to the west coast would be an additional expense. What else could I use that electrical thingamajiggy for?
 
Great link. I am going to purchase the kit after reading the catalog and details. Seems like a cool winter hobby.

Thanks for the heads up!
 
tstepp920 said:
I can't seem to find anyone with 100 miles that is interested in doing small batches. Shipping to the west coast would be an additional expense. What else could I use that electrical thingamajiggy for?
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There is a place in Greensboro that I recently used. They focus on small lots. I got a 5 gallon bucket of hardware done - 100 bucs and turnaround was 7 days.
 
tstepp920 said:
More info please!
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Parker Metal Finishing - Zinc plating Greensboro, North Carolina - Parker Metal Finishing

They are a 36 year old family owned and operated business. Robert is who you would want to ask for as he quotes jobs. They have a $100 minimum and can either tumble plate or hang plate depending on the part / size. Luckily, a lot of the 40 series parts can likely be tumble plated. When I went and picked up my parts, Robert was nice to give me a 15 minute walkthrough of how their line works, the plating and such...neat stuff!
 
I won’t mention how much I paid to have about 10lbs of plating done...

:cautious: :cry:
 
S4Cruiser said:
Parker Metal Finishing - Zinc plating Greensboro, North Carolina - Parker Metal Finishing

They are a 36 year old family owned and operated business. Robert is who you would want to ask for as he quotes jobs. They have a $100 minimum and can either tumble plate or hang plate depending on the part / size. Luckily, a lot of the 40 series parts can likely be tumble plated. When I went and picked up my parts, Robert was nice to give me a 15 minute walkthrough of how their line works, the plating and such...neat stuff!
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Thank you sir!
 
Obligatory pic of said hardware pile. Sorting it was a chore!

Also some hindsight and for future plating I do...ALL and I mean ALL paint must be removed. Their cleaning and acid bath will remove rust but doesn’t remove paint. Some of the bolt heads still had paint spots on them (I just tumbled all these parts in the large HF vibratory tumbler with walnut shells).

If you want the parts to be as close to perfect as possible then blast them with a glass bead. The zinc plating will magnify any imperfections...which may or may not be an issue depending on the part. There was zero chance I was going to blast all this hardware...

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S4Cruiser said:
Obligatory pic of said hardware pile. Sorting it was a chore!

Also some hindsight and for future plating I do...ALL and I mean ALL paint must be removed. Their cleaning and acid bath will remove rust but doesn’t remove paint. Some of the bolt heads still had paint spots on them (I just tumbled all these parts in the large HF vibratory tumbler with walnut shells).

If you want the parts to be as close to perfect as possible them blast them with a glass bead. The zinc plating with magnify any imperfections...which may or may not be an issue depending on the part. There was zero chance I was going to blast all this hardware...

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OMG :eek:

S4Cruiser is the person who found the Treasure buried on OAK ISLAND !
 
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Yeah how in the world do you remember what goes where?
 
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