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Murf:
I need to get the bolts and nuts for my 550 resto zinc plated, I have read through past posts on the site about this and have decided that I am not going to do it myself.

Can anyone recommend a good platers that will do the whole process ie. cleaning, preparation and plating.
I would do basic cleaning, rust removal and degreasing of the parts before hand of course .

I am in the East Midlands but will send or take the parts to anywhere that is a well recommended company.
Thanks

exvalvesetdabbler:
My local plater switched to anodising years ago and I haven't found any where that will do non commercial stuff or vehicle restoration bits.  I'm just in the process of  pulling a set of carbs apart, all needing yellow zinc.  Last summer I had 4 tacho/Speedo bases to do and the 3 quotes I got back from commercial platers ranged from 50 to 100 quid plus vat and postage both ways. I did them myself in the end but without proprietary brighteners in the bath the finish isn't mirror like but this didn't matter since they were covered over with black epoxy. The above platers were the ones that come out top on the search engines.

I searched around to see what I could find this time around, looking on car restorers forums and come up with  DDG plating in Nottingham and they seemed like a candidate to try this time around. Still a 3 hour round trip for me though , twice.

I'm also looking to alter my bath chemistry to improve things and try to source some proprietary brighteners in small enough quantities to make it viable.

There a lots of videos on u tube of people shining up dull plating with a wire brush and things do look shiny but without passivation the coating will degrade quite quickly, that's if they haven't brushed most of the coating away already.

Be careful with any high tensile bolts or springs as they will need  oven baking soon after plating to expell hydrogen to avoid  embrittlement.  Some platers can do this.


Regards
Dave

AshimotoK0:
I think my mate Graham Curtis uses Derby Platers for zinc. Minimum order there though I think.

http://www.derbyplating.co.uk/services/

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I've used this firm on Abbey Street a few times over the latest 10 years for Chrome Plating, excellent job, turn
round time was long as they seem too always have a lot of work in hand.

DomP:
I did most of the plated parts on my cb550, takes ages and a fair amount of room to do with some mixed results early on but soon got the hang of it.  Would I do it again? Maybe but only because I have the kit now, definitely don't rule out going diy

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