[JamieK]

I need to plate some various parts, like lug bolts, etc in a silver color. Has anyone used the Eastwood tin zinc electroplating kit? Any pros or cons? Any other ideas? I can't find anyone who will plate small quantities of parts.

Thanks,
Jamie

[hyarbour]

Have you tried calling around to some of the trophy/award or jewelry stores, they might be able to point you somewhere. I know some of those electroplating chemicals are extremely poisonous. The one used for gold plating is mostly cyanide.

[OneMoreTime]

These guys are the pros they have the materials and the good tech on how to do that sort of thing..

Sam

[RickB1B]

I used the Caswell plating system. Look through my journal and you will see some of them. The system works as advertised, but I would not recommend it as a chrome replacement. Do a web search for Caswell and read through it.

[farna]

Caswell offers several plating systems, including two "chrome like" (electroless "Krome" and "Copy Chrome") systems and a real chrome plating system. I was surprised to see a hard chrome plating kit -- I haven't looked for a plating kit in a while! I suspect you used the electroless kit??

Anyway, go to the site and see what they have.

[low budget rodder]

In Yahoo groups, there is an electroplating group that can tell you anything about anything concerning electroplating (and they are really friendly too!)

~Joe