UNF socket head coloured bolts

shanecl · Post by **shanecl** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:26 pm

Folks,

Looking to dress up my engine and looking for some anodised or whatever way coloured unf socket head bolts. have googled the life out of it and nothing for imperial only metric. Does anyone know where i might get some.

Shane

JSF55 · Post by **JSF55** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:35 pm

Plenty if you google cap screws, not sure about coloured, maybe zinc or cadmium also stainless available

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw= ... +&_sacat=0

shanecl · Post by **shanecl** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:44 pm

hi,

yep there sure are plenty that's not the problem getting cap screws. I'm looking for coloured ones. You can get any amount of zinc and stainless its anodised i'm looking for as i original said

DaveEFI · Post by **DaveEFI** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 3:40 pm

As far as I know, you can only anodise aluminium.

koopsterman · Post by **koopsterman** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 4:15 pm

As Dave said above !!

shanecl · Post by **shanecl** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:12 pm

That's a pity. Ah well least I can stop looking. Thanks guys.

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:00 am

Hi
there are limited colours for steel, using passivate finishes, not anodized different process. Have a look here http://www.metalcolours.co.uk/zinc-plating.php you can get DIY kits http://gaterosplating.co.uk/Zinc-Plating-kit.php personally I don't think it worth the bother, if you want shiny then A2 stainless is pretty good, gun blueing (black finish) is reasonably tough if it has to be high tensile steel, yellow cad passivate always looks like a cheap attempt at gold.
best regards
Mike

Ian Anderson · Post by **Ian Anderson** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:23 pm

Did someone not invent a plating machine that would plate anything anywhere?
I think I saw it of dragons den and when talking he gold plated the back of an I phone

So standard bolts and then plate in place!

Ian

shanecl · Post by **shanecl** » Sat May 02, 2015 12:57 pm

had a look on youtube showing the process of diy plating kit. Man there is some work in it. Feck it i'll just stick with zinc plated. Thanks guys