Cleaning up surface rust on chrome forks

[tugla]

000 steel wool

 

[one2dmax]

I wonder if we can have them "coated" with a nitride finish. This was just brought up by another customer. We are checking into the pricing right now.

 

[gamorg02]

Clear coat works to protect it from re-rusting but is very much visible and dull compared to the rest of the chrome. I'm very interested in some of the answers to this as well.

just dabs of gloss clear coat over the tiny pin marks thru the chroming? i dunno if it would...

000 steel wool

to protect?

I wonder if we can have them "coated" with a nitride finish. This was just brought up by another customer. We are checking into the pricing right now.

the price of that would probably be over the limit for my hawk project and i don't wanna disassemble the vmax forks for no reason. i imagine the amt of coating that these can take and still work with the fork seals is not a easy # to figure out.

 

[Fire-medic]

just dabs of gloss clear coat over the tiny pin marks thru the chroming? i dunno if it would...



to protect?



the price of that would probably be over the limit for my hawk project and i don't wanna disassemble the vmax forks for no reason. i imagine the amt of coating that these can take and still work with the fork seals is not a easy # to figure out.

I would think that the engineering dept. of the supplier of the product for the nitride coating would be able to provide specific engineering info on the product application as-long as you don't tell him you're looking for info on a very small order for their product. At that point, they usually pull the "wholesale-only, minimum order $5000/material," or some-such.

My suggestion would be to approach the company doing the process and see what you can glean from them. Still, I think the manufacturer of the coating, and not the installer, would be the best resource for info on the typical layer accumulation to effective protection, given whatever exposure method they use as a standard, something like "400 hours of 5% saline spray directed at the treated surface, w/no visible deterioration at up to 10X magnification," or whatever the ASTM or other professional/gov't. standard is. And, what the metal being covered is, what the alloy is, other coatings underneath (the hard chrome), etc.

 

[06VMAXIMUS]

The sad thing about rust is that once it starts, its almost impossible to stop. Once it gets its teeth under clear coat, paint, or even chrome, it just keeps eating away. Sucks!

 

[tugla]

sorry garrett i didnt fully read i was thinking of removing rust on chrome thats all.

 

[gamorg02]

i think i'll just try dabbing gloss clear coat over the tiny pinholes once the forks go back on.