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jlinares
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Location: Distrito Capital de Bogotá
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 Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:23 pm Post subject: Best chrome plating? |
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Bought bumpers for a 1950 bug and they are bare steel. Today I asked in a famous shop in Bogotá that tunes and restores classic cars and they say they do a plating which is triple nickel, but it costs about 400 dollars each, very expensive. Then I went to a friend's shop that only restores classic cars to original and he says the best chrome plating is copper, and didn't say price.
What do you think about this? |
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Brezelmeister
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: Best chrome plating? |
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A serious chrome plating is very time consuming due to all different steps.
First they make the bumper blade perfect, straight and really smooth.
Then copper plating- and polish, and then maybe more copper and polish to a perfect mirror shine..
After the polished copper is done it´s time for nickelplating- and then polish again.
And last 1, 2 or 3 layers of chrome. |
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mandraks
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Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: Best chrome plating? |
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what he said.
there is always copper to make it smooth, then nickel to make it shine, and chrome to protect the nickel. Nickel is what makes it silver.
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cory464
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| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:36 pm Post subject: Re: Best chrome plating? |
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| $400 to plate a bumper is not out of line. |
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wheel607
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: Best chrome plating? |
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| $400 to plate a bumper is not out of line. |
In the USA that would be about $1500 to half ass the plating. I know everything is relative, but really $400 is so cheap. I paid $400 in 1970 to chrome a bumper. |
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