Plating ?

I am with Schimmelaw, nickel is it! cause we like shiney.

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price 20 $ totality bike !

Here are couple more pointers plating. On larger parts, make sure your hanger is centered on the part, instead of the end. Also, rotate part 180 degrees for even coating, bout at halfway time.

I will be sending out some larger parts for nickel plating. Just for kicks, I did a rear brake lever and it looks good but I think those should be nickel plated.

Also, if your nylon, blue loc nuts are in good shape and not rounded over. They turn out great, along with bolts and socket heads. For socket heads, I use a piece of steel wool to shine up the recessed allen wrench area.

Sh*t...I spent like $30 bucks and put all my nuts bolts axles fittings brackets ...everything... in a tub and got it back all plated... missed hours of fun by the look of it!!

That's pretty darn reasonable. I should do the same. Maybe its my age or passion to restore bikes, etc.... but I do enjoy tinkering and doing it.

What I don't have the patience for anymore, is doing a full resto on another muscle car. Now that takes forever.

I like the simplicity of this home made system and I would be keen to have a crack if I do another bike.....

just finished painting my parts, now i have to strip them and plate them.god damn information highway.

Yes, but it will be worth it.

thanks darty i have already got mine set up following your design and plated a few parts , its good to know I can always give my parts a new lease of life when the grime and cleaners have taken their toll.

Here are some installed parts that i have been plating and polishing, via home done process.

Fun doing it yourself, isn't it. Looks great dartyppyt!!

Yes, kinda neat! I've got a system down now so I can move fast.

If your feet get tired at the end of day. Just use some epsom salts to soak your feet in.

I will be trying it soon. I have to get my truck drivable first. I have been soaking rusted fasteners in Evapo Rust because it is less invasive to the metal compared to bead blasting or wire brushing. It only attacks the rust and does not erode the metal. I even use it to remove the rust on cranks as well. Does not harm bearings or rubber

Jim, good to know, thanx

Evapo-Rust works great, but the surface is the same as it was before, except now the rust is gone. The bead-blasting levels out the layers of decay, so the plating is flat and even.

That is why it is better for derusting anything with a running journal like the crank stub ends, transmission shafts, etc.. I works well on electrical windings that were submerged. Like the 3/4 hp Dayton motor that was near the basement floor when the basement flooded to a depth of 8" plus. I did not catch it for awhile so I was able to save the rusted shaft bearings and it will go back together when time avails

Has anyone figured out what to use as a "brightener" for an after plating dip? Caswell sells a brightener to dip in after plating to add a brighter "almost blueish" more chrome-like hue. They also sell an olive green, yellow, & black post plate dips. I need to know what to used for the yellow (spoke nipples) & the brightener would be nice as well.

Would be good to know.

Yeah, I really don't like paying 4 or 5 times the worth of something just because it was packaged as something more "special" than it is. I'm hopefull some readily available chemicals can do the same thing as the expensive caswell stuff. Someone has to know the answer to these questions through experiance.

Cool thread. I just received my plating kit in the mail today. This should be fun or a real disaster. Hoping for fun actually.