All " cadmium " Gold looking items are coated, not electrically, On Top Of a silver " ZINC" coating that Is electrically done.
Sodium BiChromate in a sulfuric acid solution is used after the Silver Zinc is done to get the Gold look.
IT IS NOT Gold " Cadmium".
I do this on Alt Pulleys and booster shells, BUT. I don't have a container long enough for a jack mast to zinc it or one that long to get the Gold on it after.
I used to buy my Bi chromate in bulk from Russia. There are some smaller amounts sold still in the US.
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Last edited by Formulabruce; 04-02-2022 at 04:09 PM.
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