Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #42110
From: Dale Rogers <dale.r@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Metric Bolts
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:30:58 -0700
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Add this to y'all's store of the world's most useless trivia.  Some
mfgrs. are adding a bit of yellow dye during the zinc plating
operations to give the parts a "cadmium" appearance without the
HazMat worries.

Dale R.

Lehanover@aol.com wrote:
Now only available if manufactured before a date long ago, like surplus. Cad plating is out. Zink and silver plating is in. They were phasing out cad when I was still there.
 
Lynn E. Hanover

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