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Charlie D
I plan to pick up a few parts from the plating shop tomorrow. They are being cadmium plated. The only part that I know was cadmium plated on my ’55 Studebaker project was the hood latch assembly. I decided I wanted the seat tracks and a few other parts plated also.
The only parts that I want to paint are a striker plate and its shim. What research I have done online indicates the aviation industry uses the cad plating quite a bit. The web sites state that one of the properties of the cad plated parts is being a good base for paint. The plating company says they usually put a gold-colored alloy on the cad plating and those parts are painted all the time.
I just thought I’d ask if anyone has actually primed and painted cad plated parts. The finish paint is SS acrylic urethane. My plan is to wax and grease the parts and spray with one coat of SPI epoxy primer. That would be followed up the next day with a 1-1-1 epoxy primer seal coat and two coats of the SS.
Thank you for any advice/experience you can provide.
Charlie D.
The only parts that I want to paint are a striker plate and its shim. What research I have done online indicates the aviation industry uses the cad plating quite a bit. The web sites state that one of the properties of the cad plated parts is being a good base for paint. The plating company says they usually put a gold-colored alloy on the cad plating and those parts are painted all the time.
I just thought I’d ask if anyone has actually primed and painted cad plated parts. The finish paint is SS acrylic urethane. My plan is to wax and grease the parts and spray with one coat of SPI epoxy primer. That would be followed up the next day with a 1-1-1 epoxy primer seal coat and two coats of the SS.
Thank you for any advice/experience you can provide.
Charlie D.