Greensboro, North Carolina · Since 1980
Family owned and operated. Rack and barrel zinc electroplating to ASTM, military, and your own specs, inspected by hand and back to you in about seven days.
Our services
Two lines under one roof. We match the method to your part so the finish is even, the threads stay clean, and the parts arrive ready to use.
Best for high counts of small parts: fasteners, stampings, wire goods, and formed pieces. Parts tumble in the barrel for uniform coverage at a competitive price.
For parts that cannot tumble, or where appearance and detail matter. Each part is fixtured, plated, and handled individually.
A family trade since 1980
Parker has plated zinc in Greensboro since 1980, more than four decades at the same trade. The shop is family owned, and the work has been handed down through the generations. The platers reading the bath today learned it from the people who built the place.
Most of the industry automated to chase volume. Set a program, load the line, walk away. Parker kept a person at the controls. Our platers watch the bath and the part as the work moves, and they call current, time, and chromate by what they see. When something looks off, a trained eye catches it at the tank, well before it reaches your floor.
An automated line hands you whatever comes off it at the end. Parker hands you a finished product that an experienced plater has watched and judged at every step. That kind of knowledge is built over years at the tank and passed from one generation to the next, and a programmed line does not reproduce it. It is why shops send us their sensitive parts and the jobs that have to come back right.
Parker Metal Finishing · Greensboro, NC
Finishes
Pick the finish by the job: corrosion hours, appearance, or paint adhesion. RoHS compliant trivalent options are available across the board.
Gold iridescent. Strong corrosion protection, RoHS compliant.
Bright blue-silver. Clean look with everyday corrosion resistance.
Deep black accent finish for decorative and functional parts.
Classic yellow passivate where the spec calls for it.
Recent work
A sample of zinc plated parts off our rack and barrel lines.
Specs and compliance
Send your specification and your corrosion target and we plate to meet it, then document the work. Most of our customers run their own ISO and quality programs, and we plate to those requirements so the parts drop straight into your process. Tell us the salt spray hours to white or red rust you need and we set the zinc thickness and chromate to hit it.
Detail pages: ASTM B633 zinc plating · Mil-spec zinc plating
How it works
Part, finish, spec, and quantity. Use the form or call.
Our docks take tractor trailers and pickups alike.
Rack or barrel, matched to your part and corrosion target.
Checked for quality, then kraft paper wrapped.
Typically within seven days, faster when you need it.
Who we plate for
Decades of work for the shops that build the Triad, with parts shipped across North Carolina, the Southeast, and beyond.
Testimonials
They stand by their quality and their word. When they tell you parts come back on time, they do.
Quality product at a competitive price, with customer service second to none. I send any part that needs plating to Parker.
Quality and delivery have been outstanding. Easy to work with, with clear and timely updates on order status.
Where we plate
Parker plates for machine shops, stampers, and fabricators across North Carolina and the states around it. Work ships in from South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, and the wider Southeast, and our docks take tractor trailers and pickups alike. Every order is wrapped in kraft paper and sent back ready to run, whether the haul is twenty minutes or a full day.
Request a quote
Send the finish, spec, and quantity and Robert will get you a number. Have a print or photo? Mention it and we will follow up for the file.
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