Listers:
This is in response to recent inquiries about fasteners for our beloved cars.
Following is my experience with restoring the original fasteners for my BJ7
(50%+/- completed). I first removed and bagged all fasteners & components
from the car. After cleaning and degreasing, I glass bead blasted them, zinc
plated them with Caswell's CopyCad plating system ($130), re-bagged and let
"age", (as some composit parts have a tendancy to rust because the zinc
plating doesn't do well between closely spaced composite pieces) and then I
"buffed" them with #600 steel wool the remove any oxidation (inevitable) from
the surface to yield an originally specularly ordinary surface - just like
new!
Cadmium plating will yield a more weather resistant porduct but won't look as
"original" as re-plating in zinc. The one exception is the fluid lines (brake
& fuel) which are too big to zinc plate at home if you don't own a plating
shop.
I'd appreciate any input on this subject from the list as this is my first
shot at restoration of a classic.
Richard Bittmann BJ7 Tacoma, WA
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