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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rossvickicampbell on November 03, 2015, 03:47:02 pm

Title: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: Rossvickicampbell on November 03, 2015, 03:47:02 pm

Gents - who in Perth is prepared to replate a PFR 2 stroke pipe - some of the majors aren't interested because of the oil in the pipe - although is a very low hour pipe this one so should not have much in it.

And what would you replate with?

thanks

Rossco

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: Nathan S on November 03, 2015, 04:24:21 pm

Clean it thoroughly and tell them it's new?!

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: Rossvickicampbell on November 03, 2015, 04:50:28 pm

Nathan - that thought had crossed my mind  ;D

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: micko on November 03, 2015, 05:16:25 pm

Nickel plating looks great on pipes

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: Blackjack on November 03, 2015, 06:31:50 pm

Have you tried 'pipe king pipe repairs' pkpr. He is on your side of the planet.

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: bigk on November 03, 2015, 06:54:24 pm

I had one done in gold zinc, looked great on a Honda.
K

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: Digga on November 03, 2015, 08:43:17 pm

Find a good plater who can do 'acid zinc-cobalt', bright as nickel if the metal is prepped correctly & excellent corrosion resistance. As for the inside, find some where who can decarbonise it. A lot of aircraft repair facilities do this by using aggressive solvents to remove the carbon type build up & they typically use methylene chloride based products (nasty)

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: GMC on November 03, 2015, 10:58:28 pm

Duplex Nickel is the go if you want the nickel look.
Polishing before plating will give a better finish if you’re making a show queen.
Polish after stripping/cleaning

Platers don’t like secondhand pipes as they can leave contaminants in their tanks that may spoil other work. You can try to bullshit them that it’s clean but if it causes other jobs to stuff up you will have to face them when you pick up your pipe.

Some platers will do a secondhand pipe but they will leave it in their cleaning tanks longer so they will charge accordingly. They may try to fob you off at first as they don’t like these jobs but a bit of pleading may make them fold.

Platers are another dying industry, too many flaming hoops for them to jump through these days.

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: ITDOG on November 04, 2015, 12:33:48 am

yeah try pipeking he does a pretty good job...near Armadale, does a works type finish oiled/blued removes all carbon and dents around $150-175 all up...check his pics on Facebook

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: ITDOG on November 04, 2015, 12:38:01 am

(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss165/ickydog66/piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipe.jpg) (http://s572.photobucket.com/user/ickydog66/media/piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipe.jpg.html)

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: Rossvickicampbell on November 04, 2015, 12:44:26 am

ITDOG - can't find him on FB?

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: ITDOG on November 04, 2015, 12:47:32 am

pipeking repairs ???.....tredinick I think his surname is

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: ITDOG on November 04, 2015, 12:48:42 am

https://www.facebook.com/Pipekingrepairs

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: tymes on November 04, 2015, 02:42:49 am

Quote from: GMC on November 03, 2015, 10:58:28 pm

Platers are another dying industry, too many flaming hoops for them to jump through these days.

Besides industrial hard chrome there are none left in the Illawarra any more.

Would hot tanking clean the pipe out?

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: Rossvickicampbell on November 04, 2015, 03:34:21 am

thanks ITDOG - found him now - thanks for the link  ;D

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: HeavenVMX on November 04, 2015, 09:41:27 am

Have you considered a ceramic coating, one of which is much like nickel. Just a thought

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: ITDOG on November 04, 2015, 10:52:35 am

no worries

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: alexbrown64 on November 04, 2015, 09:30:15 pm

I just contacted PipeKingRepairs on Facebook.  On my YZ125K original pipe, he would clean it, polish it, remove all the dings and dents, re-weld the pipe and blue all the welds.  $150 which i think is a good price for all the effort and work that would go into turning your old hard to get original or rare pipe like new again.

Cheers,
Alex

Title: Re: re plating a PFR pipe
Post by: Rossvickicampbell on November 04, 2015, 10:45:32 pm

thanks Alex - am going to drop the pipe down to him over the weekend - unfortunately for me we are at opposite ends of Perth  ;D