There is a do-it-yourself plating option..

http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/copycad_hmn.pdf

--- bueses <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

> 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.
>

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