Spoke Nipple Question

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:23 pm

Ya just human!. ...............lm

Wilf wrote:Snakeoil,

I'm betting you're right on the nickel plated brass nipples--I for sure know they are brass for the base and I wonder now what made me suggest a cadmium plating.

Wilf

jensen · Post by **jensen** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 1:48 am

Hi,

I checked with a magnet, no steel, so nickel plated brass seems a logic assumption.
But nickel plating has a silver color, why seems these nipples look yellowish ?

Jensen

Wilf · Post by **Wilf** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:39 am

Could it be the underlying brass that causes the yellowish tint?

Wilf

jensen · Post by **jensen** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:25 pm

Hi,

No, I don't think the layer is so thin that you'll see the yellowish from the brass.

Jensen

Snakeoil · Post by **Snakeoil** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:25 pm

Nickel is silver in color, but with a yellow hue to it. My guess is the nickel has worn away with time. I have nipples that have some of the nickel worn off from age and the brass is showing thru.

regards,
Rob

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:32 pm

Spoke nipples on my Matchless are Nickel plated brass, I'm sure. They are definitely definitely yellowish. Compared with the blueish tint of zinc or chrome nickel does tend towards a yellow hue.

G

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:42 pm

They are brass for sure. Polished one the other day and where the plating is gone the brass shinned nicely. Hmmm....wonder how i could touch them up. Will zinc plate to the none plated areas on the brass?