on 7/10/06 10:41 AM, Bruce Nadig at motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM wrote:

> I can pretty much guarantee that your attempt to paint fasteners will be a
> failure. Yes, you will be able to paint them, but as soon as you install
> them to whatever it is that you are using them for, the paint will not hold
> up.
>
> A wonderful alternative is plating. Have you considered getting all of the
> fasteners Cad plated? Many people on the list have done this with great
> results. Another option is to use new stainless hardware.

I just got back from my plater who clear cadmium plates my oem hardware for
the tilts I sell.  Minimum order is $50 which will do at least 700 pieces
for me ($1200 cost of hardware).

So unless you are doing huge quantities, it is not economical, but does look
really nice, is rust resistent, & makes steel looks like aluminum, which the
og hardware was, but is not made that way now.

So save up as much stuff to plate at once, in order to keep the per unit
cost down, although any threaded piece is problematic as the plating changes
the thickness of the threads, etc. & you will have a very hard/impossible
time putting a nut on the bolt, etc.

FWIW,

Tom B.