Re: Who Restores Ash Trays?
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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08/10/12 11:07 PM
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I know someone is doing them as I saw them as Carlisle. I bought some of the correct rivets from them. I thought is was Just Dashes, but I'm not 100%.
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Re: Who Restores Ash Trays?
[Re: rallye73]
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08/11/12 01:24 PM
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I had the one for my Challenger done by Mike Mancini.
just got mine back with my gauge cluster....
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Re: Who Restores Ash Trays?
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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08/12/12 12:14 AM
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Best way is for you to (1.) drill out the rivets, separate the cover from the zinc plated ash receiver, and paint the cover the same as the rest of your dash. (2.) Send out the painted cover with the ash receiver to a vendor so that (3.) the receiver can be re-plated and (4.) both parts can be re-riveted back together.
Otherwise you'll get paint mis-match on the front cover compared to the rest of the dash in case of two painters.
I'm pretty sure the cover was painted at the same time as the dash at the factory, then riveted to the ash receiver.
One of these days I'll find a plater who can do my ash receiver correctly. "Correctly" means upping the current a bit so the zinc goes on in tiny droplets with a satin look, rather than the normal, smooth, shiny coating of electro-zinc. Meantime I am already set up to do the factory style tube rivets.
Alternatively, if you are never going to use the ash receiver, it could be painted with imitation electro-zinc rattle can paint, without removing the rivets. It might be best to paint just the corroded area of the receiver, not the whole thing, to avoid tedious masking.
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Re: Who Restores Ash Trays?
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08/12/12 01:08 AM
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I would think Jules could do that...
Thats what I was thinking
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Re: Who Restores Ash Trays?
[Re: kentj340]
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08/12/12 01:38 AM
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Best way is for you to (1.) drill out the rivets, separate the cover from the zinc plated ash receiver, and paint the cover the same as the rest of your dash. (2.) Send out the painted cover with the ash receiver to a vendor so that (3.) the receiver can be re-plated and (4.) both parts can be re-riveted back together. ...
Doesn't seem too complicated.
Scott, just have it plated by your carb plate source when you send a load over.
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Re: Who Restores Ash Trays?
[Re: kentj340]
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08/12/12 12:08 PM
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Best way is . . . .
One of these days I'll find a plater who can do my ash receiver correctly. "Correctly" means upping the current a bit so the zinc goes on in tiny droplets with a satin look, rather than the normal, smooth, shiny coating of electro-zinc. Meantime I am already set up to do the factory style tube rivets. . . .
The satin look your looking for is not directly linked to amperage alone, but more to do with material starting finish and the use of brighteners. Typically when applying zinc people want brighteners to achieve that shiny finish. Next time you shop around for a plater be very direct with your desired outcome, and ask to see work.
Doing my own plating I can tell you it takes trial and error, as well as countless tests to get the finish desired.
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Re: Who Restores Ash Trays?
[Re: RusTy/SE]
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08/12/12 05:22 PM
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Instrument Specialties... that's who I was thinking about!
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