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Electroplating Our Cabs
« on: April 10, 2012, 09:16:56 pm »
Looks like Ond had some really cool plating done for his awesome cab:http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88912.msg1265659#msg1265659

I didn't want to jack his thread, so...

For anyone interested, Caswell Plating offers kits suited for the hobby market.  I've bought the anodizing and nickel plating kits... but my favorite has been the nickel! http://www.caswellplating.com/electroplating-anodizing/nickel-plating-kits/nickel-electroplating-kits.html  Nickel is a little more "yellow" than chrome, but man it looks good! :)

It isn't all that cheap, but I know some guys who have paid for their small plating setups by doing side jobs.  It really opens up a lot of possibilities for restorations, and custom work.

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Re: Electroplating Our Cabs
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2013, 05:43:59 pm »
Reviving an old thread, but I saw this today:

http://www.instructables.com/id/High-Quality-and-safe-Nickel-Plating/

http://www.instructables.com/id/High-Quality-Copper-Plating/

DIY electroplating. Nickel and copper



Seems like an easy project and the cost looks like less than $20, especially considering most this stuff is found around the house already.



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Re: Electroplating Our Cabs
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2013, 09:38:06 pm »
Quote from: Vigo on November 06, 2013, 05:43:59 pm



zinc plate your pennies and you can really screw with people.
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Re: Electroplating Our Cabs
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2013, 11:20:28 am »
That's really cool.  Thanks Vigo! :)
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Re: Electroplating Our Cabs
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2013, 01:42:27 pm »
Quote from: Vigo on November 06, 2013, 05:43:59 pm
Reviving an old thread, but I saw this today:

http://www.instructables.com/id/High-Quality-and-safe-Nickel-Plating/

http://www.instructables.com/id/High-Quality-Copper-Plating/

DIY electroplating. Nickel and copper



Seems like an easy project and the cost looks like less than $20, especially considering most this stuff is found around the house already.



Yeah this one got sent to me in the instructables email as well. I really want to play around with that.
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Re: Electroplating Our Cabs
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2013, 01:49:04 pm »
Yep! Every once in a while there are a few ideas on instructables that really impress me. This is one of them.  :cheers:
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Re: Electroplating Our Cabs
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2013, 02:11:13 pm »
I did that crap 20 years ago with 2 nails and a lemon battery.  C'mon, guys.

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Re: Electroplating Our Cabs
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2013, 02:54:03 pm »
Quote from: pbj on November 07, 2013, 02:11:13 pm
I did that crap 20 years ago with 2 nails and a lemon battery.  C'mon, guys.

I did it with pennies about twenty years ago too, so what? Let them have their fun.
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Re: Electroplating Our Cabs
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2013, 03:50:47 pm »
Serious thread is serious.   :lol

Mostly I'm just bitter it never occurred to us to use copper wool.  It was quite an ordeal getting our hands on copper sulphate.

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Re: Electroplating Our Cabs
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2013, 04:16:48 pm »
---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- pbj ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---
i love this thread
as it gave me a few tricks on nickel..

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