[DeTomaso] Nickle plating on suspension arms

[GW]

Zink is an excellent coating for small parts. It is an easy coating for 
an individual to do. As an example, when doing the MGB, I just threw 
many of the door internals in the blaster, washed them, then zinc plated 
them. Let them dry then threw them right back in the door. Many 
brackets, exhaust, special throttle body bracket, etc.

Zinc is easy because it does not require much of a power supply.

Caswell plating is an excellent source for do it yourself kits:

http://www.caswellplating.com/

Although anything beyond Zinc becomes it's own hobby. Having said that, 
they have a great manual (albeit a little oddly organized). If you plan 
on having stuff plated by other people the book is good reading to 
understand the process and capabilities.

G



j g wrote:
> nickel plating is used as a way to easily tell if  one has a crack in the suspension member.
> The nickel is much harder than the base metal and does not corrode , so the crack shows up as a rust witness line in the nickel plating (hairline). If nickel plating is done wrong it causes hydrogen embrittlement in the base steel  and makes things worst. So  I personally like zinc , a black oxide . or a  just a thin solvent based paint .
>  
> jg 
> --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se> wrote:
>
>
> From: Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Nickle plating on suspension arms
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 7:38 AM
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>
> Can someone enlighten me on the attractiveness of shiny suspension 
> parts? Or engine (room) parts?
>
> Personally I like the more industrial look, with natural aluminum and 
> painted steel parts. I would never polish the ZF for instance, and I 
> prefer painted wheels instead of polished.
>
> Thomas
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