[TheForge] Old tinware question

[Ries Niemi]

Cad plating has been declining since about 1980-
I used to work for a speaker manufacturer in the 70's, and even then there were starting to be fewer and fewer plating outfits that would do cad, even in the industrial heartland- speaker parts in those days all came from chicago.
Aside from military contract work, there are very few places still doing cad. 

I would totally believe that there was cad plated cookware, in the fifties and early sixties.

ries


On Apr 18, 2014, at 9:09 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:

> 
> James Binnion <jbin at well.com> wrote:
> 
>> Not all that long it has only been the past couple of decades that
>> there was a major effort to curb its use completely and it is still
>> used in some protective coatings.
> 
> I did notice that "caddium" coated bolts have been replaced, at least
> where I buy them, with galvanized ones. Not the heavy dip coating I
> still see on some rigger's and marine hardware but a light uniform
> coating.  I worried about heating the cadmium plated bolts.
> 
> But cookware?
> 
>> The greenish hue makes me think cadmimum as well.
> 
> Huh.  Well, further research is required.  Whatever the coating is, it
> makes for excellently durable cookware. (In my case, cupcake tins and
> one pot cover, not the pots and pans in which we cook J. Random
> Foodstuff.)
> 
> - Mike
> 
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