Gold Mustang control plate

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 5:23 am

All Parts is clearing these out. I can't imagine why I would need one but for the price it might be worth it.

http://www.allparts.com/AP-8668-002-Gol ... _4470.html

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:35 am

I wonder how easy it would be to remove that gold plating..
a little electric current perhaps..

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:12 am

You can buy a chrome plate on eBay for about $9 I think.
Thin gold plating can be removed with metal polish - gold needs to be under-plated with copper then nickel or chrome, and it's softer than chrome.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:47 pm

I kinda wanna buy it for the rarity. But ekk, gold hardware. Once it wears it looks like a shit necklace at a pawn shop. Black hardware too. Fuck that.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:12 pm

MatthewK wrote:You can buy a chrome plate on eBay for about $9 I think.
Thin gold plating can be removed with metal polish - gold needs to be under-plated with copper then nickel or chrome, and it's softer than chrome.

Yep, I used nevr-dull to remove gold plating on some pickups once. I used a scouring pad to give it kind of a brushed nickel look, but you could probably use a rag and it would be shiny.

Before

After

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 11:36 pm

I did a similar thing with the hardware from my Sheraton - lotta work though.