If I had a bucket of nuts and bolts

[jlaird]

and I do. Where would I get them cleaned and cad plated commercially?

 

[recordsj]

a good place to search is on Thomas Register (https://www.thomasnet.com/) which you can search for companies and services. You can also search in a certian area...

 

[John Moore]

Jack,

Up here I did a google search for "Plating" and found an commerical industrial shop that would help hobbiest from time to time. It was about $30 for a bucket. The biggest thing you can do is to make sure everything is clean. It's the cleaning that takes up time for them.

 

[tosoutherncars]

Hey Jack,

Well, if you wanted to take up some of that spare time, you could do it yourself...

https://www.caswellplating.com/kits/index.html

I've seen good results from friends who have used their kits.

 

[jlaird]

I have used the cadwell stuff and it works well but not like commercial grade. I would not recommend it but then that is just my opinion and maybe I was not good enough at it but it did not last.

 

[kurts100]

I am restoring a '59 bugeye and also have a bucket of nuts and bold that I need to replate. My originals look like they were zinc plated and it looks like the concours guidlines mention zinc plating.
Should I be looking to cad plate or zinc plate?

Thanks

Kurt