MS51HT Posted May 28, 2021 Posted May 28, 2021 On 21/05/2021 at 01:37, toy-mota said: Has anyone looked into or used Jane kits from oz? one of there 10litre zinc kits is $450aud shipped https://janekits.com.au/ I’ve got the janekits setup - started with the 10l kit and 5A power supply. Ended up upgrading the power supply to the 40A and getting an extra 10l kit to plate larger parts. The 5A power supply was OK for small strings of nuts and bolts - but didn’t have enough oomph for larger parts (headlight bucket mounts for example). Get yourself some of the Jane clean too - works wonders stripping old plating off bolts without the nastyness of hydrochloric acid. 1 Quote
Vic Posted February 11, 2022 Posted February 11, 2022 Hi I am looking for the Yellow Chromate concentrate Liquid any one sell it Quote
Strangely Posted April 17, 2022 Posted April 17, 2022 On 29/05/2021 at 01:20, MS51HT said: I’ve got the janekits setup - started with the 10l kit and 5A power supply. Ended up upgrading the power supply to the 40A and getting an extra 10l kit to plate larger parts. The 5A power supply was OK for small strings of nuts and bolts - but didn’t have enough oomph for larger parts (headlight bucket mounts for example). Get yourself some of the Jane clean too - works wonders stripping old plating off bolts without the nastyness of hydrochloric acid. This shipped to NZ?? Ive been looking at the copper forming kit (this is how i found this forum/your post), but didn't think it would get through customs. Quote
kempy Posted April 18, 2022 Posted April 18, 2022 This thread reminds me that I must get my shit together and try this. Quote
Mblades Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 Does anyone know where we can source the Yellow Chromate concentrate in Nz ? Quote
Mblades Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, ul9601 said: is that what makes cad plating yellow? Yes that’s it Quote
ul9601 Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 PPS in Penrose? Ok I don't know but they supply to industrial plating businesses so "should" have it, I assume... Quote
tomble Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 Jane kits ships to NZ and sells gold bright chromate (among others). You just need to contact them directly w/ address as they have to get the shipping quote manually. 1 1 Quote
tomble Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 On 29/05/2021 at 01:20, MS51HT said: I’ve got the janekits setup - started with the 10l kit and 5A power supply. Ended up upgrading the power supply to the 40A and getting an extra 10l kit to plate larger parts. The 5A power supply was OK for small strings of nuts and bolts - but didn’t have enough oomph for larger parts (headlight bucket mounts for example). Get yourself some of the Jane clean too - works wonders stripping old plating off bolts without the nastyness of hydrochloric acid. What sort of amps did you find works best for bolts? Quote
NickJ Posted July 31, 2022 Author Posted July 31, 2022 5 hours ago, tomble said: Jane kits ships to NZ and sells gold bright chromate (among others). You just need to contact them directly w/ address as they have to get the shipping quote manually. You bloody ripper! My eyes lit up when you posted those pics on your build thread, all we needed was someone to see if shipping would work, thanks for doing the honours! Quote
tomble Posted July 31, 2022 Posted July 31, 2022 3 hours ago, NickJ said: You bloody ripper! My eyes lit up when you posted those pics on your build thread, all we needed was someone to see if shipping would work, thanks for doing the honours! Haha glad to have cleared it up then :). Shipping was totally painless, nobody confiscated my cocaine. Now I'm just trying to actually nail down the plating itself lol 1 Quote
NickJ Posted July 31, 2022 Author Posted July 31, 2022 Watching with great interest, I had resigned to getting someone else to do it but this has swayed me back, fiddlesticks. 1 Quote
NickJ Posted August 15, 2022 Author Posted August 15, 2022 I am greatly impressed by your perseverance and those subframe bolts are a thing of beauty! 1 Quote
bebo222222 Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 Does anyone know where to get brightner in Nz, or at least what it actually is? Quote
IvyMike Posted February 2, 2023 Posted February 2, 2023 On 29/01/2023 at 17:09, bebo222222 said: Does anyone know where to get brightner in Nz, or at least what it actually is? Sodium Saccharin for the most part, at least in one form. Quote
NickJ Posted February 4, 2023 Author Posted February 4, 2023 After much thinking and reading through Tomble's efforts I've realised that DIY electroplating is not something I wish to master. The hardware I have is all pretty manky and not really something I wish to invest much into as new bolt kits for the car are available and cheap. And then Parkerising crossed my path... Blast then boil in Phosphoric acid and Manganese Dioxide. While not as durable as zinc plating, it did give me something to mess around with, first of all a trial with Manganese Oxide extracted from Alkaline batteries and acid from Supercheap which came out pretty good. Pre-blast on the left, "Parkerised" on the right. I've now got my hands on real deal Manganese Dioxide and been a bit more careful with prep, the result is a nice dark green/black, more than sufficient for my needs. 6 Quote
tortron Posted February 4, 2023 Posted February 4, 2023 What did you cook it in? Crock pot? I'm just about to do some tomorrow Quote
NickJ Posted February 4, 2023 Author Posted February 4, 2023 55 minutes ago, tortron said: What did you cook it in? Crock pot? I'm just about to do some tomorrow A stainless pot from the junk store on a gas ring outside. 1 Quote
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