This is the stuff I ordered off ebay, and the same company I think:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1000g-Zinc-S...item2ecd5c80b5
Professional platers can probably do "barrel" plating or some method where they can just toss a bunch of stuff in a bin and do them all at once. This home method is of course slower, but the quality is probably just as good and it's addictive fun.
I have not tried his phosphating method yet, but I have used this guy's stuff:
http://www.palmettoenterprises.net/P...-Welcome-.html
And it works great, absolutely professsional looking results. Wish I knew his formula, quite likely those bottles are just full of Zinc or Manganese powder desolved in phosphoric acid, or perhaps Zinc or Manganese sulfate disolved in Phosphoric acid (I'm no chemist so I wouldn't know
Rich,
Do you know of any good recipes for a "bright dip" to use after pulling a part from the plating bath? For a lot of parts I don't want a brushed, or steel wool type shine, I just want a uniform shiny/satin finish. I know zinc platers don't polish the finished product, too much labor, they just use a "bright dip" that removes the dull surface deposits created during plating, usually a mild acid of some kind I think.
Here are todays parts. Can't wait to try yellow and clear Chromating, and "brush plating" some problematic areas like the inside of ash trays etc.
JohnnyB