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Anyone out there rebuilding hood hinge?

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by mikeyfartsen, Jan 18, 2021.

  1. 1968_GS400

    1968_GS400 Founders Club Member

    If it’s not an electrochemical process, we can do parkerizing at home. Are most of the nuts and bolts that are “zinc phosphate” parkerized too? Maybe I need to start a new company to do this.

     
  2. 1968_GS400

    1968_GS400 Founders Club Member

    For small parts like nuts and bolts, you can just use a small glass with the solution and a microwave to heat it up to temperature.

     
  3. 1968_GS400

    1968_GS400 Founders Club Member

    Think the wives would be ok with parkerizing in the kitchen with the microwave?
     
  4. 1968_GS400

    1968_GS400 Founders Club Member

    This looks like an easier and better setup. Can get a couple of these so you can neutralize with simple green solution afterwards.

     
  5. 1968_GS400

    1968_GS400 Founders Club Member

    He does hood hinges in the video.
     
  6. Tomahawk

    Tomahawk Platinum Level Contributor

    Sorry...didn't mean to send you down a rabbit hole!

    I agree that it looks like applying a phosphate coating at home could be done somewhat easily. With a little more effort and trial & error, it looks like you could plate components at home as well...Eastwood even sells a kit for it.

    https://garage.eastwood.com/eastwood-chatter/zinc-plate-at-home/
     
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  7. 1968_GS400

    1968_GS400 Founders Club Member

    That is an awesome setup from Eastman. But that is actual zinc plating using electrochemistry with an electrolyte and electrodes.

    The hood hinges and other things that are zinc phosphate *coated* are not actually plated electrochemically from my new understanding.

    The zinc phosphate is a coating put on with a chemical process (chemical reactions but not electrochemistry with electrodes) commonly called parkerizing. The parkerizing chemical process is simpler in my opinion and we could do ourselves like that YouTube video. Maybe don’t use your wife’s cookware and glassware though :).

    If you find a local gunsmith, you might be able to get them to do it. By the time you buy the chemicals, cookware, etc. unless you already have it or can find something at Goodwill or somewhere, probably costs about $100 in supplies for setup and will only take 20-30 minutes max for each part you want to put zinc phosphate on.
     
  8. Brett Slater

    Brett Slater Super Moderator Staff Member

    Yes, the hinges were originally zinc phosphate when new.
     
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  9. 1968_GS400

    1968_GS400 Founders Club Member

    Zinc phosphate *coated* using a chemical *coating* process called parkerizing. They are not *plated* using electrochemistry.
     

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