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Teaching quads a lesson
My plater tumbles hardware. I wasn't too thrilled with the results so now I run all the hardware through a degreaser then I bake everything in the oven at 450 for about two hours then everything goes in to the bead blaster before going to the plater. Much better results taking them clean stripped steel. Its worth the extra effort.
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With all that work I bet!
"See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like. "
Trikes:
1982 Honda ATC250R(in process), 1984 Honda ATC110, 1984 Honda 200s, 1985 Kawasaki KLT160(not running...yet)
Quads:
1990 Suzuki LT250S, 2013 Suzuki LT-Z400, 2014 Honda TRX450R SE
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Give Specbolt.com a look, great quality and price.
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So it looks like a lot more sand blasting and wire wheeing in my future lol. I already had planned to sand blast the frame and swingarm myself at my work. I guess I'll just havecto plan that into my work schedule too. Thanks again for all of the tips and tricks. My wife will be super excited about this build. She knows I'm building it but she's not expecting it to be as nice as I am trying to make it.
1979 ATC110
1983 ATC110
1984 ATC110
1984 ATC125M
1985 ATC110 2 of them
1985 ATC110 The wife's
1987 ATC125M
1985 ATC250ES
1984 DX225 with 250 timberwolf engine and swingarm. Wolf in DX clothing
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That's a great idea. Got any more pics? Can it still be painted?Originally Posted by Dirtweed
My Axle was $30 and the rest of the part for the entire 250R where like $40 including the swing arm bolt front axle everything I found
that was bare metal. My Axle was nasty looking too covered in paint and corrosion. I didn't even wire wheel my stuff I just cleaned off
the dirt and grease. It all goes in an acid bath to strip the corrosion and then plated.
I even sent in my tanks for Electroless Nickel plating. No more rust in those!
Chris
Power User
Teaching quads a lesson
Sure it can be painted but one has to be careful with any sanding as you may sand right through the plating. In a situation such as this, a very light sanding with fine paper is all that's needed.
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Don't care so much about the plating on the outside it is the inside that is important to me. So if it gets blasted off before powder coating
or sanded before painting doesn't matter to me.
"See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like. "
Trikes:
1982 Honda ATC250R(in process), 1984 Honda ATC110, 1984 Honda 200s, 1985 Kawasaki KLT160(not running...yet)
Quads:
1990 Suzuki LT250S, 2013 Suzuki LT-Z400, 2014 Honda TRX450R SE
Just Too Addicted
Arm chair racerJust too addicted
Hopefully I can find a plater here locally around my where I live or work that does good work. The bolts that are on it now look like they are done in a black zinc under all of that paint. I'm wanting more of the shiny look so I'll be going for the regular zinc. Hopefully everything works out. Thank you guys for helping me with my questions. This should be a fun deal when its all said and done. I should have some progress pictures up in a few months when things kick off.
1979 ATC110
1983 ATC110
1984 ATC110
1984 ATC125M
1985 ATC110 2 of them
1985 ATC110 The wife's
1987 ATC125M
1985 ATC250ES
1984 DX225 with 250 timberwolf engine and swingarm. Wolf in DX clothing
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