Aron, average chrome isn't real happy at Bonneville. You can make chrome
last if you
take good care of it. I asked Fred Larson how he kept his chromed
hardware looking
so new. When he got home from the salt, all chromed items went into
the dishwasher
(while his wife was visiting a friend) from the dishwasher it went into
cans of used oil
until the next race. It takes a lot of soap and water to get that stuff
they call salt
completely removed.
I hope it all goes well,
Bryan
BJ, thanks for the information.
Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net wrote:
>Aron, up here in Boston (the most expensive corner of the universe) it is
>crazy expensive to bright chrome stuff.
>Fifth generation, I'm still somewhat in the plating game these days but only
>as a jobber, bringing jobs to friend's shops.
>The expense is found in the polishing prep (labor) and polution control, ergo,
>you'll find big savings where labor is cheap and polution regs are not strict,
>typically in southern states.
> You'll want a shop who at least in part specializes in brightwork. Industrial
>work usually involves different copper and nickel plating solutions.
>Personally I'm no where near as fussy as some folks with the results (the
>cobbler's son goes barefoot) and I see good jobs coming out of the shops that
>advertize in say, motorcycle magazines. And yeah, they can polish the Indian's
>nose off; I wouldn't send 'em anything real valuable .....
>You might consider sending some of your stuff to a selected vendor, then send
>the balance if the first lot goes well.
>I have a local pal who's very, very good but crazy money, if anything of what
>you have is in that fussy catagory.
>If anything you have is in poor shape, you can have it heavily copper plated
>and returned to you where you can fill the holes with solder, what they'd do
>with it, then send it back for more polishing and subsequent plating.
>Don't send any tempered steel. Electroless nickel holds up better than bright
>chrome on the salt; it's very passive, but generally won't accept a flash coat
>of chrome for that blue shade for that same reason....BJ
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