De-rusting project - Page 5

tractor Dave · 09-06-20, 07:43 PM

I'm converted. Thanks for the tip. I won't de rust the old way ever again.

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Duffy3074 · 09-06-20, 07:46 PM

https://www.gaterosplating.co.uk/

Is an interesting site, plating’s the obvious follow in to derusting like this

Hanuman · 10-06-20, 07:01 AM

This is the company that supplied my plating bits and pieces. It’s been languishing on a shelf, demanding to be put to use.

Duffy3074 · 10-06-20, 07:07 AM

If you like shiney and new as a look you should give it a go.
It’s time consuming but ticks the OCD box nicely!

droopsnoot · 10-06-20, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Hanuman

This is the company that supplied my plating bits and pieces. It’s been languishing on a shelf, demanding to be put to use.

I've just set my plating kit up again, as I've got a job to do on my Vauxhall that needed a plated part. I bought it years ago, used it with mixed results, then put it away as it takes a bit of space having the plating tank, acid dip, clear and yellow passivate buckets as well as a plain water rinse bucket as I don't have running water in the shed.

I've recently bought it a proper regulated power supply (also from Gateros) and I've been getting much better results. I don't know if it's the PSU itself, or just the fact that I can now see when it's drawing the right current and adjust if necessary.

One warning, though - read up on a thing called "Hydrogen embrittlement" which apparently can result after plating, and it's avoided by plating and then heating the parts up for some time. I can't do that, so it does limit the kind of stuff I can plate, I wouldn't do things like suspension or brake mounting bolts and so on.

(Imperfections in the surface are because I had to make these front pieces from scratch, so they're filing marks and so on. Can't stop myself plating random carburettor linkages as well though.)

09-06-20, 07:43 PM	#41
tractor Dave Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Wales Posts: 1,157	I'm converted. Thanks for the tip. I won't de rust the old way ever again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by tractor Dave; 09-06-20 at 07:52 PM.

10-06-20, 07:01 AM	#43
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,006	This is the company that supplied my plating bits and pieces. It’s been languishing on a shelf, demanding to be put to use. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

09-06-20, 07:46 PM	#42
Duffy3074 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Dalgety Bay, Fife Posts: 2,078	https://www.gaterosplating.co.uk/ Is an interesting site, plating’s the obvious follow in to derusting like this

10-06-20, 07:07 AM	#44
Duffy3074 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Dalgety Bay, Fife Posts: 2,078	If you like shiney and new as a look you should give it a go. It’s time consuming but ticks the OCD box nicely!