Fortunat1 wrote in
:

I have access to a plating facility (aviation, but it's a jet engine
rebuild shop) where I can get my wing fittings plated. My
understanding is that 4130 cad plating is just that, cadmium and
nothing else, but this shop does it's cad plating by a coating of
nickel first and then cad plating.. I'm reluctant to do this for the
obvious reasons until I find out what the story is...
Anyone know?


Actually, I was mistaken about the nickel. This is the actual process;

http://www.sermatech.com/documents/s...rmetel1207.pdf