Restoring and prepping hardware for plating - the "easy" way - Page 4 - Open Discussions - Classic Z Car Club Skip to content

Restoring and prepping hardware for plating - the "easy" way

Featured Replies

20 hours ago, CW240Z72 said:

Here's a PDF of what I accumulated while tearing down my '71. With this reference I'm only lacking the interior reinstall, fluids, and initial fire up to complete the Z

Any chance you could post the original content?  PDFs are a pain to edit, sort, etc.

On 8/10/2021 at 5:13 PM, Barefootdan said:

Whats a good method for getting the grease off? I have a handful of parts with a THICK and sometimes HARD layer of what looks like grease caked on. Ive been using a wire wheel for the easier spots, but tight crevasses are still dirty

I soak em in gasoline.......then wire brush.....then soak em again.

Thanks!

  • Author

The 240z hardware Google sheet has been updated.  I spent some time organizing, and more hardware has been added.  For organization, I have added some sections and grouped the items within each section.  And I have ordered from top to bottom the sections in the order that I plan to reassemble the car.  

I am curious if with the existing permissions, any of you can expand and collapse the grouped rows.  Also, I am curious if the filters on the column headings are functional for you. 

 

S
Sponsored
Advertisement
Go Ad-Free
No ad showing? Ads help support ClassicZcars. If you use an ad blocker, please consider allowing ads on this site or Go Ad-Free.
On 8/14/2021 at 12:02 PM, inline6 said:

I am curious if with the existing permissions, any of you can expand and collapse the grouped rows.  Also, I am curious if the filters on the column headings are functional for you. 

 

Nope, the filters nor the expand/collapse functionality is available.  I do no think that is a huge issue though since the sections are expanded we can see everything and I believe that if some one were to save a copy then they could make use of the filters and expand/collapse functions (I did not test this though).

So I have been cleaning up more hardware

Looks like this after the bead blasting

20210815_133221.jpg

Goes into the vibratory polisher with SS media and a little paint thinner

20210815_133230.jpg

Comes out like this

20210815_133226.jpg

After a quick rinse with brake cleaner

20210815_134155.jpg

there is a difference in sheen after polishing, although it is a darker color

20210815_134209.jpg

  • 2 weeks later...
  • Popular Post

Hope you don’t mind a post and a pic inspired by you others here.

Tried the drill method out on some headlight screws. Wire wheeled them then chucked them up. Used 120, 220, 400, then steel wool. Both were very similar looking before.

777aff853e5355d039e5f2bf7c92c20b.jpg


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  • 5 years later...

Patcon,

How do you prevent flash rust from forming on newly cleaned fasteners?

Thanks,

Keith

I don't have a lot of problems with fasteners but I do keep the humidity low in my shop. About 45%...

When I plate they go in a pickling bath that sort of takes care of any mild flash. If they're visibly rusty at all, I bead blast them again. But I have parts I cleaned months or years ago that still look ready for plating after being laying a round the shop

Sheet metal I treat with a product from Eastwoods

Create an account or sign in to comment

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.