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Hi Bill,
A light glass bead blasting of the fasteners to remove all rust, followed by zinc
iridite plating, is a nice way to refinish your fasteners. As someone mentioned,
it's generally cheaper by the batch.
Note: If you have any hardened (grade 5 or higher) fasteners zinc plated, make SURE
that the plating shop bakes them immediately after plating for the required time and
at the required temperature. This is necessary to prevent serious weakening of the
parts due to hydrogen embrittlement.
Alan
"William R. Benson" wrote:
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> All this talk about sandblasting has been very informative, and I'd like to
> expand it just a we bit:
>
> Has anyone used a rock tumbler to polish small metal parts? When I take my
> truck down to the frame, I was thinking of putting all of the fasteners into a
> cement mixer affair with a fine abrasive, and turning it a few thousand times to
> scour the rust of and polish them.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Bill
>
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