What coating is on the bolts

Flatline · Post by **Flatline** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:27 pm

On my Ducati, the bolts are covered with a gold coloured coating

It comes off when I clean them up on the wire wheel

What is the coatingg?

Not anodising is it?

That's just for aluminium I think

AMCQ46 · Post by **AMCQ46** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:24 pm

for automotive bolts it would normally be a Zinc plating with a Gold passivation [not real gold, just a yellow colour]

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:01 pm

You can anodise steel. We get a lot of our brass anodised for a better look and harder finish in work. Poor quality, cheep , will come off quite quickly with some metal polishes though

Pete.l

NHSH · Post by **NHSH** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:29 pm

The golden colours are most likely zinc plated, most motorcycle applications use heat treated bolts and Doerken coating that can come in different colours, but the most common is dark gray/green or black

VTRDark · Post by **VTRDark** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:57 pm

not real gold

Maybe Gold leaf.

(:-})

Flatline · Post by **Flatline** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:05 pm

Thanks for replies

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:49 pm

cybercarl wrote:
not real gold
Maybe Gold leaf.

(:-})

Maybe Tea Leaf if so........

Flatline · Post by **Flatline** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:19 pm

Oh ha bloody ha

Anyway what sort of leaf have you been smoking

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:31 pm

Cosmic releaf :-) :smoke2:

Flatline · Post by **Flatline** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 7:43 am

VTR1000.ORG