Cadmium plating metal parts

[croweater]

Will have to do a little reading, always learning

[fleetingcontact]

A hugely interesting subject! I never imagined that plating could be done at home - a new game to play. But since nickel is more noble than cadmium would that not make it the better choice? To say nothing of availability of materials and achievable lustre...

[african imp]

Been away playing with bikes beach Racing. I understand that Cadmium is toxic and we should not use it, what I am
saying it is has a longer lasting finish. What I do not understand is because African Imp Cadmium plated his dive tube
his gearbox will corrode, surely it would corrode the same rate if the drive tube was steel, nickel, chrome or bronze
as they are all more Cathodic than Alloy. I prefer the nickel and chrome finishes but in Oz it costs more than the
outboard is worth so as Cadmium is not available here I might try white zinc plating. The largest user of Cadmium is
the battery industry.

African Imp; any chance you could post images of your bath as it would be the same setup for Zinc plating, just interested.
John

All of my plating is done by a specialist, I do none of it myself, the finish is far nicer than many other processes I have seen? Roy