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I am currently using Eastwoods Zinc plating kit during the restoration of 2 1930's British cars. Its time to re-plenish the kit and I have not been very happy with it anyway. Its done a good job but its awfully slow and not always giving me reliable results.
What I am looking for is something that can be set up and left set up, so as I need some nuts/bolts plated, I can bead blast them and plate them quickly and get it on the car. From what I have read the plating kit here requires a heated solution (guessing from the fact that heaters are supplied), that would imply it can't be left ready to go at all time unless you wanted to keep it hot.
How long does it take to set up and get to plating ?
I am not too worried about the look, I am concerned with rust prevention primarily and the Eastwood kit gives me a dull grey finish that is just fine.
Assuming i am doing only nuts/bolts can I throw in more than 2 or 3 at time to speed up the process ? The Eastwood kits uses batteries and they really limit the quantity and speed. But the way I work, I remove parts, glass bead em and plate them and use them, its not really something I can plan ahead and plate a batch (although I try) so the Eastwood always ready to go kits works ok for me.
This is really the only thing I plan on plating, just about everything else I powder coat ( I tried powder coating the nuts and bolts too but didn't like it).
Mike
What I am looking for is something that can be set up and left set up, so as I need some nuts/bolts plated, I can bead blast them and plate them quickly and get it on the car. From what I have read the plating kit here requires a heated solution (guessing from the fact that heaters are supplied), that would imply it can't be left ready to go at all time unless you wanted to keep it hot.
How long does it take to set up and get to plating ?
I am not too worried about the look, I am concerned with rust prevention primarily and the Eastwood kit gives me a dull grey finish that is just fine.
Assuming i am doing only nuts/bolts can I throw in more than 2 or 3 at time to speed up the process ? The Eastwood kits uses batteries and they really limit the quantity and speed. But the way I work, I remove parts, glass bead em and plate them and use them, its not really something I can plan ahead and plate a batch (although I try) so the Eastwood always ready to go kits works ok for me.
This is really the only thing I plan on plating, just about everything else I powder coat ( I tried powder coating the nuts and bolts too but didn't like it).
Mike
Well the answer is after 12 years, I have a Caswell kit on the way. The EW kit works well but that battery system of theirs makes it unreliable. And the other answer is that you don't need a heater for the Caswell kit, the sales guy on the phone said many people use a old crock pot for the heated part, great idea. If I had known that 12 years ago I would have gotten it then.
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