Richard,
We have a shop down here in Southern California that will passive
zinc plate your fasteners wired separtately on a rack as long as they
are cleaned first. All the fasteners for your car will cost around
$50. I restored a Bugeye a couple of years ago and these people did the
zinc plating and they still look great. I spent many hours on the wire
wheel. I now own a sand blast cabinet and next time will be much
faster. Try calling Active Plating at (714) 547-0356. They are in Santa
Ana.
Mike MacLean
56 BN2
60 Sprite
Richard Bittmann wrote:
>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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