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As I begin my project, I am (of course) confronted with bolts, nuts ect.. that are in various stages of filth and corrosion. I have a good parts cleaner, a blasting cabinet and now a vibratory tumbler and several wire wheels so getting whatever form of grunge or corrosion off of a piece of hardware is not the issue. What to do with it once it's nice and shiny? Obviously anything that is no longer serviceable will be replaced, but the shiny used bits will turn right back to rust in no time unless some sort of coating is applied. I've looked into various plating systems such as cad or zinc via electrolysis but that looks fairly expensive and not exactly the sort of thing I really want to get involved in. On the other end of the scale is painting. Easy and relatively cheap to do. Doesn't last long either. I do powder coat things and could do that pretty easily. I was just wondering what other methods some of you have used that I haven't thought of.
Regards,
Steve
Regards,
Steve