Hi all,
I started a small topic about metal cleaning a while back and got recommended some great stuff by bilt hammer that removed rust.
Well following on from that I have tried their gel and water solution and have got to say they are excellent. They provide a non toxic safe product for the simplest DIY.
I'm not here to sell that lol so i'll get to the point.
I want to look into electro cleaning and zinc plating. I'm sure Raj will look into this forum (hi) as you have some great zinc plated parts in your engine build that I have been browsing. But as always I dont have the time to run parts around or anyone local to do this.
So.... I thought I would look into plating myself. Now fortunately I have done some homework on this previously when looking into chrome plating but did not have the funds to back my ideas back then.
I was looking at this kit which is both cheap and offers ground base to learn the chemicals etc.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=015
Has anyone done any plating and can offer advice. My first project will be stripping and refurbing hubs and carriers. These are big items but I'm sure when I get into stripping brackets etc it will become more economic in money than seperately sending parts to the paters.
Raj, if you come across this, was the head on your clean engine rebuild shot blasted, electro cleaned or chemically dipped?.
Thanks for your thoughts all.