Thanks so much! It's interesting to see that you get so bright a finish after the nickel plating is gone! I think I just lost some of my chicken-ness. :D
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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
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I've read some very good things about the nickel electro-plating kits you can buy for small parts, too. Have you ever tried any of those?
To plate in nickel I would just need to get some of the solution/salts, but it is doable. The main reason manufacturers use nickel plating is because it costs about $2 to plate something, but takes about a hour of labor to actually put a mirror shine on something. WAY cheaper. After thinking about this and going to check on a couple of my other "fading plating" old hand-wheels, it seems that Singer did this process of not fully polishing, then plating. |
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Well, How does it look?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]385828[/ATTACH] Before (after first test) [ATTACH=CONFIG]385829[/ATTACH] |
It looks great! I am sure it looks better in person. Good job.
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thanks, and you are right, it was a crappy picture...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]385835[/ATTACH] I like the look of these wheels without the original nickel plating. I REALLY like polished iron... |
It really looks beautiful!!!!!!
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Wow!! Steve that looks incredible! What a difference with the before and after look. You can bet Miss Martha will be looking quite stylish at 104 years old with her shiny bling!!!
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I would like to do the same to the other part. I'll do that Saturday when i go into work, and then ship it out on Monday
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UPDATE:
I was not able to do this over the weekend, and I forgot to bring in the 1200 grit today, so.... I should be able to finish this tomorrow and ship Wednesday. |
Originally Posted by SteveH
(Post 5769987)
UPDATE:
I was not able to do this over the weekend, and I forgot to bring in the 1200 grit today, so.... I should be able to finish this tomorrow and ship Wednesday. |
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