Question regarding cadmium plating

[agubitz]

Hello,

just having some parts on the bench that should be cad plated originally. But unfortunatley cad plating is only available to aerospace industry or industry in general here in Germany as the process is environmentally damaging.

So the question is: Is it possible to have those parts dull chromed (which looks almost like cad plating) without getting a deduction at the judging ?

Thanks and best regards,
Axel

[kval]

Axel
the rule state "the finish must look like the factory finish.
stainless spokes can be glass beaded to look like cad, stainless bolts and nuts can also be reworked to look correct. other parts should "look like" cad
hope this helps
Kevin

[agubitz]

Hi Kevin,

thanks for the answer.

Cheers,
Axel

[Kozy]

How about a source for cad plating?

[agubitz]

Originally posted by Kozy
How about a source for cad plating?

Hi Kozy,

yes sure ! Where ?

Regards,
Axel

[Kozy]

Sorry Axel. I was asking whether someone could recommend a source.

[agubitz]

Originally posted by Kozy
Sorry Axel. I was asking whether someone could recommend a source.

OK, misunderstood you...:)

Anyway, good idea, maybe someone knows someone...

Cheers,
Axel

[Tommo]

It's a long way to send it but if you can find nothing better "Safe Air" at Blenhiem here in NZ will still do cad for the general public.
They do an excellent job and if you are interested I will put you in contact with Graeme Andrews who is in charge of their plating division.
As far as I'm aware they are the only company still doing cad plating in NZ.
Hope this helps, Tommo

[INLINE4NUT]

Tommo how far from cambridge is the cad plater?? For that matter how far are you from cambridge? I will be visiting there within the next 6monts if all goes well

[Tommo]

Inline,
Cambridge is about 5 hours drive north of me, about 250 miles but our No 1 highway is nothing like an interstate so it takes a lot longer to get from A to B over here when compared to the USA.
Safe Air is at the top of the South island about 2 hours drive from me but you also have a 3 hour ferry ride to get across the ditch.
If you are coming let me know some details and we can show you around if you like. There's a bed here if you so desire.
October 12th 13th 14th is the big swap meet in Christchurch and Sept 9th is the motorcycle only swap meet in Hamilton.
Don't expect anything like Davenport but I think you would be surprised at how low some of the prices are compared to the USA.

agubitz,
Sorry about getting off the subject here. Now back to cad plating.
Regards, Tommo

[INLINE4NUT]

Tommo will let youknow when it is going to happen,we have alot going on but its hard to refuse free lodging from our friends there and the promise of use of one of their HDs (wish it was an Indian but Ill make an exception!) Thankyou for your more than generous offer,time permitting Ill make it a point to stop and chat with you!
Im also sorry for being off topic

[agubitz]

Originally posted by Tommo
It's a long way to send it but if you can find nothing better "Safe Air" at Blenhiem here in NZ will still do cad for the general public.

Hi,

thanks for the info. I'll still wait a bit, I'm in contact with a german company, they do cad plating for small parts (bolts), maybe I can have them make the bigger parts as well. If not I think I will go for matte chromed. Saw an example of both cad an matte chromed yesterday and in fact the difference is not too much (cad is more "flaky"...).

Cheers,
Axel

[Kozy]

How is the matte chrome differant from polished chrome? same plating process minus the buffing? Or is the material used in the plating process differant?

[agubitz]

Originally posted by Kozy
How is the matte chrome differant from polished chrome? same plating process minus the buffing? Or is the material used in the plating process differant?

Hi,

matte chroming is done - as far as I understood - with the same materials. The difference is that the item to be chromed is not polished before and after the chroming. It is sand blasted before the chroming so a light uneven surface is established.

Cheers,
Axel

[Kozy]

Thanks Axel,
I have a reasonable source for chrome plating. I'll see if they're willing to help me experiment with a few trial pieces. Should be even more resonable if he doesn't have to polish as much!
Thanks again,
Pat

[exeric]

I know a guy who substituted hard chrome for cadmium plating on his post war Chief. I have to say that the hard chrome was a pretty close match to the cad finish. The advantages would be durability, reasonable cost, and minimal surface preparation compared to reflective chrome. The down side would be masking critical bores and tapped holes. Also, if you don't like the finish or you ever need to remove the hard chrome, it's going to be murder to get it off.

[cyclevideo]

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[brillson]

Hi Axel - If you still have some parts for cad plating you can send it to my address in Germany. I have a company near Frankfurt which does a very good cad plating. They charge me 90 € per hour for the plating if all prework is done. End of March I will send a batch of parts for cad plating.

Give me a call at 06257 4645

Martin