Compared to last year, there has been some serious downtime on this project over the last six months, but in the background I have been chipping away at the hardware. I've experimented in
the past with doing my own zinc plating on bolts and whatnot, but it never really came out that well. I decided that I wanted a more professional look for the hardware that would be visible. The key to getting a great finish is investing some time in getting the parts as clean as possible.
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I used a pair of coarse and fine wire wheels to convert... |
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all this rusty hardware to... |
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Some pretty nice looking metal. |
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and this... |
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into this. |
The thing is, when you start looking around for hardware and small parts to clean up, and you have the components of a 40 year old car to pick from, you can find plenty of material. Everything got a good going over with the wire brush, and then I took the more difficult-shaped parts over to my friend Chuck's workshop and hit them with the media blaster.
All packed up and ready to drop off at
EPS in Hayward:
One week later:
Wow! Thats some meticulous cleaning with a wire wheel. Those parts turned out great!
ReplyDeleteThose are some sharp looking parts! Someone spent some long hrs at the wire wheel!
ReplyDeleterj