Yes, I do the plating. I do it for quite a few years now. It's not difficult once it's all set up. I'm blasting the parts first, then polish as good as possible. After that first clear zinc and then in a solution I got from Caswell plating.J-Dub wrote: Wed May 13, 2026 6:58 pm Really amazing work. In the last picture are the parts Zinc plated? If so are you doing that yourself?
In general are you bead blasting the parts to get them so clean? Vapor blasting?
I want to tear an engine down this summer to do a cam swap, I don't plan to be Dr. Detail like you however would like to do a little cleanup of the parts.
The other engine parts like the cam housings are vaper blasted. I use a Harbor freight sand blast cabinet and converted it. It's really worth it. But all parts need to flushed really good. I also remove plugs and make new ones.
Here are the fuel and oil lines for the cam housing after assembled.
Cheers
Englbert
I do use the yellow zinc chromate on silver hardware store fasteners though. Yours looks factory, so good to know it 'can' be done. Any details on converting the HF blast cabinet to vapor blasting? My cabinet still works after all these years, but tends to make a mess with sand debris (mostly from the vacuum exhaust I think since the cabinet is sealed 12 times over). Does the vapor blast cabinet completely replace the traditional sandblaster in your opinion? In order words, if I were to convert mine, would I miss the ability to do traditional sand blasting?
