Been away for work for a week and been tackling a few house jobs so haven't had really any garage time since last update.

I got back today though to a good amount of packages so I have things to keep me going now. Looking forward to the long weekend coming up!

Before the work trip I decided to try my hand with zinc plating, I watched a few videos and saw that a guy was getting great results with just a battery pack and some anodes and the bright gold chemical. Jane kits had a sale on so the anodes and gold wash was less than 50 bucks, the rest I had laying around - apart from the battery caddy and batteries, which was like $15 from Jaycar.


 
My first attempt was one of the random pinto engine bolts, I cleaned it up and gave it a crack and the zinc stuck really well. The gold not so much. I think I need to figure out a way to heat up the gold solution to get it to bond properly.
 

 
I put a bunch of salt in there too - maybe a bit too much but I'm sure it will dissolve by tomorrow, I currently have the anodes just putting ions into the water right now.


 
I want to give the old front hard brake lines a crack tomorrow to see how they turn out, should be a fun little experiment. 

Someone on the forum was doing the zinc plating at home but can't remember who that was..
It's something I want to try .

Also going back to the Urchfab escort which is painted in midnight, I got a email from him as the car is going to be raffled off

Ok so low and slow, that must be what I am doing wrong, its 1.5 amp batteries. I ditched the salt solution and dropped the amount of vinegar and added in a dash of bicarb for this next attempt, I currently have the bonnet catch release spring in and I was gonna give it 30 minutes, i'll give it 2 hours and see how it comes up.
 
Might invest in a cheap bubbler!