Gold Crown III Pocket Casings

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CharlieHustle

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Hi Gang,

That's castings. I just bought a Gold Crown III and had the pocket casings buffed out to get
ready for plating. The plater needs to know exactly what kind of metal the
things actually are. Buffed out they appear to be aluminum or steel. A magnet didn't seem to be attracted to them, but they seem too heavy to
be aluminum. I've tried contacting Brunswick with no luck.

Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
 
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Nickel?

dgem said:
if i'm not mistaken it's nickel
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Nickel? Interesting. If anyone can confirm this I would really appreciate
hearing from you. I need to know for sure. I still haven't heard from Brunswick and I can't find anything on this on the web. Thanks.
 
I am not 100 percent sure, but I have asked a car auto shop to paint it like they do in cars, it turned out great, but not the original bronze color anymore.
 
i'm almost positive that they are anodized aluminum. i painted mine with black epoxy paint. worked great...
 
dgem said:
I am not 100 percent sure, but I have asked a car auto shop to paint it like they do in cars, it turned out great, but not the original bronze color anymore.
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Interesting, how long since you had it painted. Any chips from balls landing on it?
 
sausage said:
i'm almost positive that they are anodized aluminum. i painted mine with black epoxy paint. worked great...
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The plot thickens. First nickel, now anodized aluminum. I gots to know
for sure.

Anodizing, or anodizing in British English, is an electrolytic passivization process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts. The process is called "anodizing" because the part to be treated forms the anode electrode of an electrical circuit. Anodizing increases corrosion resistance and wear resistance, and provides better adhesion for paint primers and glues than does bare metal.
 
scruffy1 said:
Plated zinc. The early G.c ones were the only aluminum ones.
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Hey Scuffy, you sound pretty sure about this. I hope you are right, because
I could go ahead and re-plate these suckers. I've got a company that will
plate all six for $50 believe it or not, but they can't plate aluminum.
 
CharlieHustle said:
Interesting, how long since you had it painted. Any chips from balls landing on it?
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no chips so far. i think i made a mistake, it's zinc. The painter told me it was zinc. Made a wrong recall. The finish would be really smooth just like car's paint. Imo it looks better than the original.

They had a tough time painting it because sometimes there are parts that produce bubbles, so they have to use a special kind of primer.
 
dgem said:
no chips so far. i think i made a mistake, it's zinc. The painter told me it was zinc. Made a wrong recall. The finish would be really smooth just like car's paint. Imo it looks better than the original.

They had a tough time painting it because sometimes there are parts that produce bubbles, so they have to use a special kind of primer.
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Okay, 2 votes for zinc, it must be zinc, aluminum grab your torch and head on back. Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback!
 
CharlieHustle said:
Hey Scuffy, you sound pretty sure about this. I hope you are right, because
I could go ahead and re-plate these suckers. I've got a company that will
plate all six for $50 believe it or not, but they can't plate aluminum.
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There is not a mechanic on this site with more knowlage on Gold Crowns than Scruffy -AKA- John Burns. I would trust what he says. :thumbup:
 
Aluminum, Zinc, Nickel.... hrm ...

I'll toss in my vote. I'm certain they are made of Palladium.
 
castings

i am 100% sure they are "pot metal" die cast zinc, The primary component of pot metal is zinc.....well its mixture of many......There is no scientific metallurgical standard for pot metal, common metals in pot metal include zinc, lead, copper, tin, magnesium, aluminum, iron, and cadmium.
- i will assure you scruffy1 knows his tables
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Rom.M
 
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dontlitethat said:
i am 100% sure they are "pot metal" die cast zinc, The primary component of pot metal is zinc.....well its mixture of many......There is no scientific metallurgical standard for pot metal, common metals in pot metal include zinc, lead, copper, tin, magnesium, aluminum, iron, and cadmium.
- i will assure you scruffy1 knows his tables
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Rom.M
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100% correct. Thank you Rob!:thumbup:
 
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