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[lesfac]

I would be interested to hear how others have made the brass parts look like stainless steel.

I have read how some chaps have used a plating kit but if I get one I will probably never use it again.
Has anyone simply painted the parts? Does it look acceptable? If so what colour looks right?

I dont suppose there are any other options??????????

Les

[Crossie]

 Although the result will not be exactly the same silvery tone as a piece of brushed stainless steel,  passable  results can be sometimes obtained by 'tinning' with the use of a solder bath. The item needs to be very clean, correctly fluxed and the solder of a high tin  content, or if the component is a multi part component that has already been soldered together and would only stand limited heat, you could then use a tin/bismuth solder which has a low melting point(130c or so). Heating of the bath needs to be precisely controlled and sufficient ventilation/ fume extraction/PPE  is necessary though little more than you should have for standard best soldering practice. Much more 'do-able' than diy plating.
       The result won't stay as a super shiny piece of stainless, but at least will be permanently silver and not be yellow or become rapidly oxidised as plain brass.


 Trevor

[slinger]

I have used chrome finish aerosol rattle cans from Halfords (I think) a couple of times, which gave a good finish.


Graham

[swiftdoc]

Alclad2 colours might be an option. I use them for my model cars. The effect is very realistic. Have a look at their website. They have ALC 115 for stainless steel. I have used ALC 105 polished aluminium recently and was very pleased with the result. If you use them mind applying a black gloss basecoat before (sounds strange but has to be that way!). You can buy these colours at hiroboy for instance (specialist for car modelling).

Regards Arno