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From: turby on 31 Mar 2010 15:21
On Mar 31, 12:51 am, Waz <murray...(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 30, 10:18 pm, antonye <anto...(a)ukrm.net> wrote:
>
> > The original (yellow/gold) finish to Ducati nuts and bolts
> > is cadmium plating which has then been passivated, known
> > as "cad & pas". It's quite tricky to get done now (here
> > in the UK) as, much like real chrome, you need to be licenced
> > to do it, but have a Google and you may be able to find somewhere
> > close to you to get it done.
>
> > Personally, I just replace with stainless and be done with it!
>
> > --
> > Antony
>
> Yeah, though the problem is getting stainless bolts that have got the
> flanged heads on them, or special oversized heads etc, plus there are
> axles and the like that I want to recoat.


SPS is a major supplier of _all_ kinds of fasteners. They ain't cheap,
but you might con one of their retailers into giving you a sample.
http://www.spstech.com/cgi-bin/index.pl
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