I sent mine to the platers and had them cad plated with my other stuff.
Plus, I would expect that if they were painted and lubricated they wouldn't
rust where the paint rubbed away.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Gibbs <rgibbs(at)pacbell.net>
To: Jerome Yuzyk <jerome(at)supernet.ab.ca>
Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: seat-rail treatment
>Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
>>
>> Wishing for some advice about how to treat my seat-rails. I washed and
>snip
>>
>> A) leave them alone - they shouldn't rust very quickly
>> B) paint them and live with what wears off and what doesn't
>> C) paint some parts and not others
>>
>snip
>
>Jerome,
>
>Freshly beadblasted rails will probably start rusting almost immediately.
>
>You could call a few local plating shops and see how much it would cost to
zinc or
>cad plate the rails. I took a look at mine and they appear to be plated
with a white
>metal, I would guess zinc, but it could be a cadmium plate. You might get
lucky and
>find a plating company who will toss these in with their next batch.
>
>-Roger
>
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