I promise I will document the process I used with the "Jane's Zinc plating kit" - I've been learning the process most of this week, and I've made plenty of mistakes along the way but I've finally got some results.
But before I start, the back door panel needed the finishing touch - a quick repaint ;
The front door has been repaired and refinshed - here's the "before" and "after" - I used the same Silver Hammertone paint I use on Stern Doors
Bolts are also polished and I need to punch in the nails across the top bracket (same as siderail nails)
Back on page 1 or 2 - there was a picture of the lockdown Bar assembly. I've used Ranex and hard yakka to remove the corrosion. It is too big to plate, but I DID plate the coin entry plates - they really shine well, and there's a sneak peak into the inside of the door !
Here's the results on learning the Zinc plating process on the inside section of the door. I chose these parts as they were corroded and were zinc plated to begin with. If it didn't succeed, then it was not to be seen anyway. Here's what it looked like BEFORE I started ;
Rust, corrosion and ugly !
Here are the results as of tonight ;
All the metal parts are zinc plated, and then quickly polished.
That's just a "sneal peek" - some other parts turned out AMAZING, but I just had to post an update with the parts installed. I will elaborate the process in its own thread, as I'm still learning as I go !
