I dont know if aluminum can be plated but why not just polish it?? cost about 30 bucks for materials, and you can polish anything aluminum that your heart will desire!!!!! it looks sweet on intakes which seem to be the most popular. Im sure anything steel can be but theres not to much steel under the hood of are 5.0's that im aware of.... mostly cast iron, and aluminum.
I dont know if aluminum can be plated but why not just polish it?? cost about 30 bucks for materials, and you can polish anything aluminum that your heart will desire!!!!! it looks sweet on intakes which seem to be the most popular. Im sure anything steel can be but theres not to much steel under the hood of are 5.0's that im aware of.... mostly cast iron, and aluminum.
Yeah thats why I was asking cause I didnt know of too much. The reason for plating instead of polishing is cause I can get it done for a real good deal cheaper then buying the polishing stuff plus the time to do it.
I thought they could but he said they couldnt and I wasnt gona argue with him. Im going back to the plater again this week to get some other stuff done and i'll ask them. I was just trying to find out what I could get done. What about my stock pony wheels can they be plated?
We are talking about chrome plating... right? Chroming is expensive, no doubt about it. If you can find a place that will do it dirt cheap and the quality is good, go for it. Just about anything can be chrome plated. It goes through several stages before it is chromed. I think it is dipped in copper also. Here is a sample process by a good chroming company.
The preliminary "body work" is done. This involves a series of buffing and polishing phases that prepare the metal to be plated much like body work is done toprepare a car before it gets painted.
The first step is to Copper Plate using 2 different types of copper solution. Cyanide Copper and Acid Copper are used to fill pits and cracks on old parts to achieve unprecedented show chrome quality. Our Plating Technicians use copper to build the parts in thickness and to achieve the highest quality finish.
Some parts require deep metal restoration. The elementscan damage parts enough that they require Silver Solder to repair the pitting. Pitts are filled with Silver Solder before any other process begins.
Your parts are plated with copper again and again untilour technicians are confident that the finish will be absolutely flawless. Nickel is applied. Hexavalent Chrome is applied. All parts go through a rigorous inspection before they are packaged and approved for shipment.
We are talking about chrome plating... right? Chroming is expensive, no doubt about it. If you can find a place that will do it dirt cheap and the quality is good, go for it. Just about anything can be chrome plated. It goes through several stages before it is chromed. I think it is dipped in copper also. Here is a sample process by a good chroming company.
The preliminary "body work" is done. This involves a series of buffing and polishing phases that prepare the metal to be plated much like body work is done toprepare a car before it gets painted.
The first step is to Copper Plate using 2 different types of copper solution. Cyanide Copper and Acid Copper are used to fill pits and cracks on old parts to achieve unprecedented show chrome quality. Our Plating Technicians use copper to build the parts in thickness and to achieve the highest quality finish.
Some parts require deep metal restoration. The elementscan damage parts enough that they require Silver Solder to repair the pitting. Pitts are filled with Silver Solder before any other process begins.
Your parts are plated with copper again and again untilour technicians are confident that the finish will be absolutely flawless. Nickel is applied. Hexavalent Chrome is applied. All parts go through a rigorous inspection before they are packaged and approved for shipment.
Im getting a good deal cause I am having a bunch of other stuff that I make and sell its chrome plated and this gold plat that kinda changes colors they call it yellow at the shop. Im gona talk to them this week when I go in. Thanks for the info.