Nickel Plating and Rust Removal

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Curt A
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Nickel Plating and Rust Removal

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Some useful information for restorations:

NICKEL PLATING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-PtnwtOR24

RUST REMOVAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dtDLQHjHBc
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Re: Nickel Plating and Rust Removal

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Thanks for posting this. Very helpful and saves you money.

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Funny you should post that, I've been experimenting with nickel plating guitar parts I'm manufacturing using that video for the last few days, I can testify that it works, the part I'm plating is somewhat larger parts than that set up would usually handle, but it still works, just takes a bit more time
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Thanks for the first hand review... glad it was helpful.
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Thanks Curt. I would like to try this on my vv-IX tone arm which is in rough shape.
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I have read descriptions of this process before but have never met with such a clear and detailed presentation. Many thanks.

I wish I still had my H.M.V. Intermediate Monarch horn gramophone. The woodwork was good but the tone-arm and back bracket had lost all their plating and looked about as lustrous as an elephant's hide.

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