[Ctopher]

Wow...this has been a great thread. I’ve been contemplating into doing my own plating. To start I bought a HF 18lb tumbler and have been trying out cleaning and polishing bolts and nuts. Was planning on getting my parts cleaned and polished before taking to a plater. I appreciate the insight into what y’all use to clean parts and especially your tools and process for plating.

Before I jump into buying items needed to plate I had a question about your plating location. I thought I had read someone that you should NOT plate near the car or your tools as you’ll corrode metals nearby. Is this correct? I have a single 2.5 car garage with my 300ZXTT and Carrera next to my 1/2 car bay space that I would be using to plate. Is this an issue and or concern with doing plating at home in my garage?

Again thank you for sharing all this helpful steps and tools in this thread!


Ctopher