These 'SNAP-ON', tools, are they in your boxes or mine?

The plating on the above is far superior to anything on a bike, however after so many years and

so much use the nickel will start to show through eventually. The chrome 'top coat', is very

thin and porous, the nickel and hopefully the copper MUCH thicker and porous. Most mechanics

either just wipe the grunge off with a cloth or clean them in the degreaser tank - there is no

need to abrade them with steel wool et al to get them clean; these oils becoming a preservative

of sort. Even the 'industrial line', of tools (black oxide/Parkerized) remain 'clean'.

('Parkerizing', has an afinnity with oil, and retains it for preservation & lubricity) - another story.

All I am saying is that given the generally poor quality of bike parts plating along with the shape

(tubular contours) of the product, more abrasion will occur in less time at the interface, totally

unlike a regular flat surface. With the high cost/aggravation of replating, why tempt the Fates?


Regards,
J T