Yellow Zinc Bolt Nirvana
#16
When I first got 951 years ago, I naively thought nuts and bolts would be the least of my problems sourcing. Today, I know how hard it is to find correct hardware... even things like the small thick washers. And if you do find some, it’s usually a 2 week order holding up your work!
This is a cool way to get original looking hardware. Do you think it would work on old stuff taken off the car? After some cleaning of course?
This is a cool way to get original looking hardware. Do you think it would work on old stuff taken off the car? After some cleaning of course?
#17
When I first got 951 years ago, I naively thought nuts and bolts would be the least of my problems sourcing. Today, I know how hard it is to find correct hardware... even things like the small thick washers. And if you do find some, it’s usually a 2 week order holding up your work!
This is a cool way to get original looking hardware. Do you think it would work on old stuff taken off the car? After some cleaning of course?
This is a cool way to get original looking hardware. Do you think it would work on old stuff taken off the car? After some cleaning of course?
#19
I had good luck with a 10-20% mix of muriatic acid with distilled water after physically cleaning the part. Strips the old plating off along with any corrosion. I wouldn't try and chromate used hardware without first stripping and replating... I think you would be wasting your time.
#21
I had good luck with a 10-20% mix of muriatic acid with distilled water after physically cleaning the part. Strips the old plating off along with any corrosion. I wouldn't try and chromate used hardware without first stripping and replating... I think you would be wasting your time.
#22
Right. First zinc plate, then add color/additional protection with color. The original point of my thread was to say you can turn pre-plated silver bolts from the hardware store into Porsche looking yellow bolts with just a small bottle of yellow chromate. But if you want to redo old hardware, you'll need to strip, plate and chromate. I used the caswell CopyCad kit to plate (along with my own power supply) but see post 3 for a link to Odonnell's cool set up...
#23
I love these threads about plating hardware, and am very tempted to take a crack at it. But I found a local guy who does it with a very quick turnaround. So now, i collect my hardware in a bucket, and when there is a enough, it goes to my plater guy, and done.... This bucket of bolts cost about $60, so not exactly cheap, but the quality was very good. I think for the next one I will ask if I can pre wire it for them as I think that is where a lot of the cost is. And I can do that while watching playoff hockey.
after cleaning
After plating
after cleaning
After plating