[Milsurplus] Restoring Cadmium plating

Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:28:48 -0500

Agreed cadium is real bad, and you are not likly to find a company still
doing the process. A better soulution would be to use one of the paint
products used by automotive restorers to simulate cadiunm plating Try
Easwoods: www.eastwoodco.com   73's Jon AB9AH
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Stinson" <[email protected]>
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Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "Milsurplus"
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Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Restoring Cadmium plating


> "J. Forster" wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone  found a means to restore or replate the silvery-grey matte
cadmium
> > plating used on WW II vintage radios? I am not interested in replating
with
> > Zinc.
>
> I don't recommend it.  Cadmium is a dangerous metal and any
> plating solution left over would be a hazardous waste.
>
> 73 Dave S.
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