Thread: Blue Chromate?
View Single Post
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 01-25-2006, 09:25 AM
seanc seanc is offline
Zinc Plating Guru
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 319
seanc is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Blue Chromate?

Your VW bolts might have been dyed after chromating. Do you have photos of them? are they really a full blue color?

Most "blue" chromates are really clear with only a very slight blue tint, like the one in my photo. The degree of "blueness" depends on the particular chromate formulation.

There are hundreds of different blue-clear chromate formulations from dozens of different manufacturers, but Caswells is the only one available in small quantities (as far as I know), for reasonable cost.

Sean
__________________
Seans Zinc Plating page
Reply With Quote