Bolt plating kit for Christmas

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Bolt plating kit for Christmas

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So my wife bought me a Caswell Copy Cad/Zinc Plating kit for Christmas... It's been coming in handy re-doing all the factory hardware on my 06 Legacy rebuild and I have a feeling I will be using this on some Beretta hardware... :)

Kit plating some rack and pinion hardware.
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Before on left after on right.
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Crank bolt, before
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After cleaning rust off and polishing with wire wheel
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After plating
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Set of front swaybar brackets for the subie.
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All in the 1.5Gal kit was $230-$240 I believe with the Blue/Clear chromate. You can get a Yellow, or Olive drab chromate as well if you want. Other parts I ordered were two submersible heaters to get the degreaser up to 150° and the plating tank to 110°, and a $50 DC adjustable current power supply.


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Re: Bolt plating kit for Christmas

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Nice. Caswell is awesome. I've been using their Stainless Steel Blackener, both the dip and the gel varieties. They sell good stuff...


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Oh God the yellow chromate is cool... LOL
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