Hi All from the UK.
I want to end up with a nickle (or maybe copy chrome) plate on the carbs from my 1976 Honda CB550F2. The bodies are in good condition (no pitting) but look a dull bluish-grey colour and are non-magnetic so I guess they are pot metal (I haven't done an acid test yet). They also have small brass plugs which are non-removable (but I guess these will just be plated over unless I mask them?).
I know that I will have to strip the carbs and polish them before I do anything and I know that flash copper would probably be best for providing a strike coat but the carb bodies are hollow, irregular and complex in shape and it will be really hard to get an anode down the inside of the slider body... so here are my questions:
If I don't get coverage inside the slider chamber, the fuel ways and holes where the jets were, and I then go on to plate; won't the exposed zinc corrode and contaminate my regular nickel or copy chrome bath - not to mention wreck the part?
Would I be better off with the pot metal electroless nickel kit rather than flash copper for a strike coat prior to regular nickel plating of copy chrome plating in this case?
Thanks to all those who have contributed to the forums, your info has given me the incentive to get started (you just need to keep me going now!).
Cheers,
Pete.
I want to end up with a nickle (or maybe copy chrome) plate on the carbs from my 1976 Honda CB550F2. The bodies are in good condition (no pitting) but look a dull bluish-grey colour and are non-magnetic so I guess they are pot metal (I haven't done an acid test yet). They also have small brass plugs which are non-removable (but I guess these will just be plated over unless I mask them?).
I know that I will have to strip the carbs and polish them before I do anything and I know that flash copper would probably be best for providing a strike coat but the carb bodies are hollow, irregular and complex in shape and it will be really hard to get an anode down the inside of the slider body... so here are my questions:
If I don't get coverage inside the slider chamber, the fuel ways and holes where the jets were, and I then go on to plate; won't the exposed zinc corrode and contaminate my regular nickel or copy chrome bath - not to mention wreck the part?
Would I be better off with the pot metal electroless nickel kit rather than flash copper for a strike coat prior to regular nickel plating of copy chrome plating in this case?
Thanks to all those who have contributed to the forums, your info has given me the incentive to get started (you just need to keep me going now!).
Cheers,
Pete.
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