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Daves55Sedan · 06-16-2020, 10:17 PM

One winter, when when my '55 was all apart (for body-off-frame restoration), I cleaned all the salvageable nuts, bolts, washers and hardware and tried to re-plate them all as they had been treated originally. I got a zinc electroplating kit, some polishing compound and buffers and a black-oxide dip and seal kit.
The black-oxide is not an electroplate, but you have to dip the parts (within a screen/basket) into a blackening solution for a couple days. It is a two step process. After the black oxide is dry and hardened, then you dip the parts in a clear sealer (similar to a shellac). I used the sealer also for the zinc electro-plated parts.
Believe me, it wasn't worth all the time and work.

06-16-2020, 10:17 PM	#4
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Re: Painting nuts and bolts... One winter, when when my '55 was all apart (for body-off-frame restoration), I cleaned all the salvageable nuts, bolts, washers and hardware and tried to re-plate them all as they had been treated originally. I got a zinc electroplating kit, some polishing compound and buffers and a black-oxide dip and seal kit. The black-oxide is not an electroplate, but you have to dip the parts (within a screen/basket) into a blackening solution for a couple days. It is a two step process. After the black oxide is dry and hardened, then you dip the parts in a clear sealer (similar to a shellac). I used the sealer also for the zinc electro-plated parts. Believe me, it wasn't worth all the time and work.