On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 07:41:17 -0600, Ignoramus15263
wrote:

Has anyone tried zinc plating stuff at home, and if so, how successful
was it. I was reading about this and I am not sure if this is a risky
procesude in the sense of getting a bad result, or not. THanks

Don Foreman is the resident expert on this. He's done a ton of it and
reported here several times. I know he's partial to Caswill products.
They sell complete starter kits.

Looks like he's busy watching after his honey. Ping him in a few days
if he doesn't see your query this time.

Karl