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Old 9th January 2020, 11:17 PM
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Does Cadmium plating still exist? Extremely toxic isn't it?

We used to get blokes asking for "Cad plated" bolts when I worked in that industry.
What that usually meant was bright Zinc plate. But sometimes they specifically wanted yellow Zinc.
There was a belief it was a better coating. I was never sure if it was due to being fractionally thicker, or less reactive with the additional chemical treatment to turn it yellow, or whether it was just the placebo effect?
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