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04-10-2008, 11:03 AM
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Engine & Rear Trunk Hinges
My Giulia engine hood and rear trunk hinges are badly pitted and not in a condition to be plated.
Is there any thing that can be done, any product that can be used to fill in the pits to provide a smooth basis for the plating?
Any help would be really appreciated.
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04-10-2008, 11:47 AM
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Any good plater should be able to fill in the holes with weld and polish down the surface, but this will cost money. If you can do something yourself, all the better! Try these products:
Caswell Solder-It
Muggy Weld
Never used either but the results look good.
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04-10-2008, 02:48 PM
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What car?
Mine (Spider) looks like Mazak. Basically Zink. And you can't weld that.
Mine have a good shape, but sloppy. So I may cast new.
I have a friend that is a goldsmith/designer. He knows enough about investment casting to help me make wax models that I can use to cast new ones. It will not be soon, but if you can't find any good ones, keep yelling next winter. I have enough Mazak to cast a lot of them. When the rubber model is made it can be used to make a lot of wax patterns.
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04-10-2008, 05:31 PM
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This is a job for a professional! Not just a plater, but a restorer. I had mine done by a guy who drills out all the pits and fills them with silver solder and painstakingly sands and polishes them. Then, multiple platings of copper, sanded in between. When perfect, they are nickle plated, then plated with hexa-valent chrome. They look like jewelry when finished! NOT CHEAP! But concours quality.
So, what do you want? Passable home grown repairs or professionally perfect?
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04-14-2008, 04:50 PM
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04-14-2008, 05:58 PM
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If you have to ask, you can't afford them!! These are not for sale.
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04-14-2008, 06:53 PM
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Do it right
Einar
Forget the Mazak - Do the job once, do it right.
Your car will deserve the best.
Like Terry says, "They look like jewelry".
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04-15-2008, 06:19 AM
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Einar
Forget the Mazak - Do the job once, do it right.
Your car will deserve the best.
Like Terry says, "They look like jewelry".
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Brass is durable, takes and holds plating well.
But like Mazak it's heavy. Although 4 hinges don't break the scales, when you add all handles and other trim items they do add up to several Kg's. Not the way to make an "Allegrita".
Those hinges would easily be cut by a CNC mill. But if casting them, I'd rather use aluminum. In either case I'd leave the polishing to the plater's. A shoddy looking plating job is usually caused by bad polishing.
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04-15-2008, 12:16 PM
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Quote:
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This is a job for a professional! Not just a plater, but a restorer. I had mine done by a guy who drills out all the pits and fills them with silver solder and painstakingly sands and polishes them. Then, multiple platings of copper, sanded in between. When perfect, they are nickle plated, then plated with hexa-valent chrome. They look like jewelry when finished! NOT CHEAP! But concours quality.
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04-17-2008, 08:31 AM
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Classicalfa has replacement hinges which were cheaper than replating in the UK.
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