Preventing plating and soldering voids is about testing new manufacturing processes and analyzing the results. Plating and soldering voids usually have an identifiable cause, such as the type of ...

Chrome plating is hardly a matter of dipping a bumper into a tank filled with chemicals. It is a long, involved process that often starts with polishing and buffing, cleaning and acid dipping.

Pete Chapouris, of California Kid fame and ex-chassis parts manufacturer, made this observation the other day: "I see hot rodding getting away from the AMG European look (painted wheels, bumpers, ...

I’m looking for someone who can do cadmium plating. I recently sent out a batch of parts that were zinc plated and the result was not concours correct. Some of the hardware almost looked chrome plated ...

When it comes to engines, wear is the enemy. Many parts are victim to friction, but the cylinder walls are some of the unluckiest areas of an engine. With each rotation the piston rings scrape up and ...