Questions about Chrome Plating
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Mountain Pass
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Questions about Chrome Plating
Greetings
I have some parts that I need to send out to get stripped, re-chromed and polished.
Any advice? What to do or what not to do? What to ask for?
Any place to recommend or stay away from?
Thanks
I have some parts that I need to send out to get stripped, re-chromed and polished.
Any advice? What to do or what not to do? What to ask for?
Any place to recommend or stay away from?
Thanks
Fleet Mechanic
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Spacecoast plating in Melbourne, Fl. re plated the grille of my 55. 400$ less than Advanced plating and I was thrilled with the work. www.spacecoast-plating.com
Marmon-Herrington Man
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Precision Plating in Quincy does nice work. They did a car bumper for me, and some small parts on my Marmon-Herrington. On one of my visits they gave a tour and pointed out a case of wheel hubs waiting to be chromed. Apparently there's a guy in the Hannibal area that has developed himself a world wide reputation for rebuilding Ferrari Borrani wire wheels. He has Precision rechrome all the hubs. Stu
Laughing Gas
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My friend sent a lot of chrome to a place that was suppose to do very good work on Harley Davidson parts. They sent it back completly destroyed. My plater told me they put in the wrong solution for the type of metal it was. It had a lot of holes burnt through and was useless. I found him some pieces on E-bay and soda blasted them, polished and painted the parts that were painted originally. They are Chevy parts but they are not mine. Please forgive me. 
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Have you tried the platters in STL? I've been researching them and a couple advertise show quality.
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Laughing Gas
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I also uses Precession metals in Quincy for some parts on my 46 Mercury. They came back looking great. He was not very good at meeting his date. He said 4 to 6 weeks and called in 6 weeks and he said 4 to 6 weeks and so on. Took over 8 months. A couple of the pieces were pretty badly pitted and had some detail on them. I lost some detail. I assume from grinding out the bad spots or the plating filling in the detail. Over all they did good work.
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Mountain Pass
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I've looked on line and there are a few places here in St. Louis. I will try contacting some of them this week.
Talking with different people at car shows you hear the stories of people having trouble with plater's. Sometimes they're done wrong/ruined. I even had one guy tell me he never got his parts back.
Some of these Mercury parts are hard to come by. I dont like to let them out of my site...... I really want to find some one I can trust.
Thanks for the input.
Talking with different people at car shows you hear the stories of people having trouble with plater's. Sometimes they're done wrong/ruined. I even had one guy tell me he never got his parts back.
Some of these Mercury parts are hard to come by. I dont like to let them out of my site...... I really want to find some one I can trust.
Thanks for the input.
Hotshot
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1) Don't do anything to the parts that you think might "help" the platers, ie; sanding, polishing, blasting, etc. Many times things we think might be helpful adds a ton of additional prep work for the platers. That equals money to you.
2) Do make a complete written and photo inventory of everything you send. Give them a copy and keep one for yourself. Especially if you have a lot of little trim or emblem parts. They're easily lost or misplaced. Go over the list when you pick your pieces up after they're done and make sure it's all there.
3) You can ask about their process and what it is they do that's special or better than the other guy. Ask to see some finished pieces and have them explain what you're looking at, in regards to the finish. The good stuff is a triple plate process, copper-nickel-chrome.
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Spacecoast plating in Melbourne, Fl. re plated the grille of my 55. 400$ less than Advanced plating and I was thrilled with the work. SpaceCoast Plating in melbourne florida
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Alan
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Mountain Pass
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There's a lot of great info here and recommendations of platers, but I'm not sure if you really got your 'what to do or not do' questions answered. I'll offer these bits of advise.
1) Don't do anything to the parts that you think might "help" the platers, ie; sanding, polishing, blasting, etc. Many times things we think might be helpful adds a ton of additional prep work for the platers. That equals money to you.
2) Do make a complete written and photo inventory of everything you send. Give them a copy and keep one for yourself. Especially if you have a lot of little trim or emblem parts. They're easily lost or misplaced. Go over the list when you pick your pieces up after they're done and make sure it's all there.
3) You can ask about their process and what it is they do that's special or better than the other guy. Ask to see some finished pieces and have them explain what you're looking at, in regards to the finish. The good stuff is a triple plate process, copper-nickel-chrome.
1) Don't do anything to the parts that you think might "help" the platers, ie; sanding, polishing, blasting, etc. Many times things we think might be helpful adds a ton of additional prep work for the platers. That equals money to you.
2) Do make a complete written and photo inventory of everything you send. Give them a copy and keep one for yourself. Especially if you have a lot of little trim or emblem parts. They're easily lost or misplaced. Go over the list when you pick your pieces up after they're done and make sure it's all there.
3) You can ask about their process and what it is they do that's special or better than the other guy. Ask to see some finished pieces and have them explain what you're looking at, in regards to the finish. The good stuff is a triple plate process, copper-nickel-chrome.
I didnt even think about taking a picture for inventory. Good thinking.
Thats why I asked.....