Plating At Home

Yea, mine are blasted clean. But just little speck in a pit causes lack of plating, so excellent degreasing then a vinegar bath is also super crucial thus far.

So, an update, since the caswell system has a pump, I put a pump with an intake filter and flow regulator into the bath at moderate circulation.

The resulting two pieces are way more evenly distributed and (Edit: minimal repositioning) to get even coverage. You can see near the bottom of the shafts a bit of flash rust that was on it prior to plating, still on it after.

Last images are the best job so far. Note the electrolytic anomaly with the metal differential on the shock stud backing washer.. Would not plate.

Color still sucks but since I am either lightly painting or dipping in black chromate, reckon I dont care too much right now.