ADMIRAL 14R12 rust bucket project

[EdKozk2]

This set I started working on at the end of November 2016 after I snatched the vertical output transformer to repair my other 14R12. I got this set over 20 years ago, it was going to be trashed. I did test the set back then and the crt, a 14bp4 still worked. I didn't realize how rusty and pitted this set was. It was like that when I got it. I decided to try something different with this set. Strip all the parts off the chassis and then try and clean it. Made a 10 gallon electrolysis bath to remove the rust off the chassis and parts. After the parts were pretty well cleaned I decided to experiment with re-plating the chassis. I've spent the last two months trying different types, copper, nickel, and finally zinc. The methods I tried were all off the internet. No dangerous chemicals to get rid of. I ended up settling on zinc for the plating because it has the best adhesion to rusty steel for the do it yourselfer. It also has the least galvanic reactivity to steel, unlike copper.
I'm now at the point of re-assembling the set.