I would suggest not to cover the bits with clear coat paint. Use clear
rust preservative wax, e.g. clear Tectyl.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Tracy Drummond wrote:
> Its fun but you have to sandblast well to remove all signs of rust.
>
> Use a big mouth plastic bottle to do "batch plating and blasting". Use a
> soldering iron to perforate the bottle's bottom and sides to 3/4 the way up.
> Fill about 1/3 full of nuts bolts etc and sandblast into the bottle inside
> your cabinet while shaking the parts in the plastic bottle.
>
> Next you plate using a similar bottle but with a bigger neck and fill it
> with (perfectly rust free) nuts bolts etc. Drop about 4 or five little
> stripped copper wires (steal from phone line cord) down into the fastener
> for your plating cathode. Other wise you will need to wire all the parts up
> individually for the cathode and plating.
>
> Otherwise follow the instructions but remember to coat with clear paint to
> reduce the time it takes for them to show rust again.
>
> Oh any little splashes of the electrolyte will pit holes in your tee-shirt.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Tracy Drummond
>
> Subject: [Healeys] plating parts
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