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Paint it or plate it?

Postby 20to20 » Sat May 22, 2010 6:37 am

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Postby Ty_Bower » Sat May 22, 2010 8:28 am

I like wrinkle black powder coat. I've found an outfit around me that will do a small chassis for $25 or so. I wouldn't expect anything to bond well to an old nickel chrome finish. You're going to have to take the old off before the new will stick. Whether you can get away with just a scuff, or if you really need bare metal is a question I can't answer.
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Postby battradio » Sat May 22, 2010 2:27 pm

Have it media blasted , then you won't have any problems .
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Postby wiredbecker » Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:43 am

I'm thinking of taking a wire wheel and sandpaper to my rustiest chassis then hitting it with a dozen coats of flat black spray paint and calling it a day. Then again, I can't help but wonder what needs to be bare metal for a good chassis ground...
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Postby 20to20 » Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:39 am

I contacted a local plating company and showed them the 3 chassis pieces including the cage. He quoted me $135 for the set to be redone in nickel. I'd have to bring the cage in stripped first. They weren't allowed to do any paint stripping. The process included them stripping the original nickel off before replating. He said a plating over a plating had about a 50/50 chance of being 100% sucessful, without any defects that would peel. The stripping of the original layer added about 1/3 to the cost of doing any individual piece.

Plating for a mirror finish with any other metal required doing a nickel layer first, to establish the high gloss layer. They could do a 24ct. gold for about 5 times the cost of nickel. That would be about $300 for the cage by itself. Seems pretty reasonable.
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Postby Dynacophil » Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:16 am

that sounds cheap to me. Here in Germany I had the "generous" offer for replating for 170€ per set when I let do 3 sets...
I finally bought new stainless sets from Dynakit-parts. Cheaper even incl. customs and shipping...
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Postby 20to20 » Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:39 am

Here in Germany I had the "generous" offer for replating for 170€ per set


Your cost in Germany also includes an involuntary contribution to the Greek citizen's public employee retirement fund!

Ooouuuch!

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Postby Dynacophil » Sat Jun 05, 2010 10:09 am

when I asked nobody knew this will come... I guess If i 'd ask now...
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Postby Geek » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:30 pm

20to20 wrote:Your cost in Germany also includes an involuntary contribution to the Greek citizen's public employee retirement fund!

Ooouuuch!

Sorry...


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I've tried both methods and really depends on what'cha got and what you want out of it (crappy answer, sorry).

You can also do a mix! :-)

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Postby Spraiski » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:59 pm

If you're feeling adventurous you could always do the plating yourself. It's on my list of things to try someday...

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Postby 20to20 » Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:57 pm

If you're feeling adventurous you could always do the plating yourself. It's on my list of things to try someday...



Yep! I've checked into DIY plating just a little and it looks like it's very doable on small scale stuff. I thought I might try it first with screws and lock-nuts and tube socket terminals.
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