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Originally Posted by hatzie
Black oxide may be faster and more durable than paint for parts like springs.
The industrial process name is Oxide passivization.
It's similar to Bluing and Parkerizing on firearms. You're using a chemically produced oxide of Iron to provide corrosion protection.
I've used black oxide on threaded hardware and washers, Zinc plating with Chromium yellowing on carburetor bodies to mimic the original cadmium plating, and electroless copper and nickel on machine tool handwheels.
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That’s awesome, thanks for the video. I will certainly look into that. Now for a question when using this. Can I still sandblast everything, especially the bolts, and still use this process? A tumbler just doesn’t get all the rust and gunk out of the threads of the bolts, like sandblasting does. When I paint, this is what I’m using
https://www.vhtpaint.com/specialty/v...-weather-paint