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Posted: **Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:39 pm**

Is there a way to turn steel bolts back to black without painting.

Posted: **Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:37 pm**

Black chrome plating....

Posted: **Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:52 pm**

I use a Sharpie to keep things looking black.

Eric

Posted: **Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:46 pm**

I was hoping that there was a way to anodize steel at home but I guess not. Has anyone tried epoxy paint or does it come loose from the metal like regular paint? I guess powder coating might be an option but only if I can do it at home somehow or maybe just buy new ones from BikeBandit.

Posted: **Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:31 am**

Trouble with epoxy or powder is that the layer is quite thick making the bolt oversized.... There must be an economical plating method but as of yet I haven't found it...

Posted: **Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:44 am**

I used some 'cold bluing' solution to cover steel parts on a gun many years ago. With enough coats, it will be almost black.

Posted: **Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:53 am**

CBXRoger wrote:I used some 'cold bluing' solution to cover steel parts on a gun many years ago. With enough coats, it will be almost black.

Brilliant....

Posted: **Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:23 am**

Have you tried searchng the web for "anodize"? I thought I recall seeing a place that sells kits for same.
/r
Brad

Posted: **Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:42 am**

"Anodizing" is a process for aluminum. I have not seen the term used in reference to treating steel or other ferrous surfaces.
The common misconception is also that "anodizing" is a plating process. It is not. It is a process that uses oxydizing of the material to produce a certain surface.
It may be easiest to buy black steel fasteners.

Posted: **Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:20 pm**

Cadmium with a black chromate. Caswells has do it your self kits , never tried one so can`t say how well they work.

Posted: **Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:19 pm**

I may be way off base here, but I know that the antique guys talk about Parkerizing fasteners. Is this like anodizing for steel? Is it black?

Posted: **Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:55 pm**

If you look up Parkerizing and cold bluing on the Internet, you will find information about coating steel and making it black. Parkerizing used to create a sort of green color. I am sure you will find something that you can use to blacken your steel bolt heads.

Posted: **Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:50 pm**

This should fit the bill

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1150 ... GUN_FINISH

Unlike powdercoat, it's microscopically thin, you can do it at home in your own oven and it won't flake off

Don

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