Letter 20078

Auto restoration, restoring original plating  

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Doing some research on auto restoration and wanted to know if the cad plating on many GM parts can be redone by a home hobbyist. Are there any companies that offer kits? Are there environmental issues involved?

Thanks,

MIke Gardner
- Chesapeake, VA, USA

You probably want to use zinc plating. Times hace changed: cadmium is a toxic, cumulative, metal poison like mercury and should not be used unless its unique combination of properties is indispensable.

Ted Mooney, P.E.  finishing.com Brick, New Jersey

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