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Re: Engine Cosmetics - Plating Fuel Inject Manifold and Lines
« Reply #25 on: January 18, 2021, 21:30:01 »
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Re: Engine Cosmetics - Plating Fuel Inject Manifold and Lines
« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2021, 09:48:25 »
Hi Michael, everyone,
Re the degradation of the sacrificial wash. Once it has faded over time, could it then be ' re washed ' to regain the gold appearance or can it only be done the once when new Thanks
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Re: Engine Cosmetics - Plating Fuel Inject Manifold and Lines
« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2021, 10:34:31 »
Ray, the plating can be repeated as many times as you like; it's just a lot of labour to disassemble and re-assemble everything.

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Re: Engine Cosmetics - Plating Fuel Inject Manifold and Lines
« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2021, 11:00:52 »
Ray,


I have had my fuel lines replated with out problems twice. They seem to be the things that go first.  A lot of hot long distant hot drives will take the lustre off very quickly as i found out with a 16,000 km drive in the USA over four months in 2018.


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Re: Engine Cosmetics - Plating Fuel Inject Manifold and Lines
« Reply #29 on: January 19, 2021, 14:28:56 »
Hi Michael, everyone,
Re the degradation of the sacrificial wash. Once it has faded over time, could it then be ' re washed ' to regain the gold appearance or can it only be done the once when new Thanks
Ray
You MAY be able to rechromate (“wash”) a prior plated part, but I doubt it. Even if you did, it would be blotchy and probably unattractive. The prep work would be such that you would spend as much time as you would just getting it replated. The chromate sticks to the zinc (or CAD) surface and requires it to be dipped in a acid “pickle”. That is a diluted mixture and cleans the surface so that the chromate will stick.
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Re: Engine Cosmetics - Plating Fuel Inject Manifold and Lines
« Reply #30 on: January 20, 2021, 03:09:42 »
Because I plate things in my garage I have experimented with chromating parts that were previously plated etc and you are far better off just having the zinc redone. Every now and again I get lucky and am able to chromate some screws of fittings that arrived Zinc plated but usually I have to strip them and replate the zinc then chromate them.

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Re: Engine Cosmetics - Plating Fuel Inject Manifold and Lines
« Reply #31 on: January 24, 2021, 01:23:55 »
Best video I have seen on DIY plating
https://youtu.be/hTupOgImpWo
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Re: Engine Cosmetics - Plating Fuel Inject Manifold and Lines
« Reply #32 on: January 24, 2021, 04:35:34 »
Caswell is about the best and well known DIY plating supplier. Same thing I use.
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