Quote Originally Posted by techinspector1 View Post
You can bake the hydrogen out of the part following plating. I forget the specs right now, but it's something like 400 degrees for several hours, depending on the steel. This should be done within just a few hours of plating the part. Any good plating shop will have the details.
http://vacaero.com/News-Info-From-In...ittlement.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_embrittlement
http://mechanicalplating.com/hydrogen.htm
Thanks Richard, some great information there!!! Bookmarked them all for reference! Had no idea a bake oven could overcome the embrittlement problem! Must have studied it in school, but I guess I forgot a lot of that stuff that I don't use frequently. Think maybe some of my contacts at SDSU would have some input on it.... Maybe it can be safe and shiny????