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markyp:
ok so i took this afternoon off work to go and collect my t.a from the chromers,when i spoke to them at lunchtime prior to collection they said it hadnt gone so good,well nothing prepared me for what i was about to see!!!!!!!!basically everywhwere that they couldnt polish prior to chroming came out silver,thats the whole inside of the rear end(chain stay,brake bridge ,dropouts etc etc) the top of the seat tube,all the welds and the inside of the front forks.the only bit that came out any good was the two main tubes which was the only bit they managed to polish.they asked how i stripped the paint(which was its og paint),i used nitrimors which they said is normally ok,but they wondered if the nitromors might have eaten the tubing?!they said they are happy to strip it and have another go but cant gaurantee any better results.i asked them if polishing by hand(wet and dry,or with a drill and polishing mop)would acheive better results and they said they didnt know??im thinking that if the only tubes that were polished came out fine then surely if the rest is done it should be fine too??has anybody else had this problem and secondly how do you go about polishing it with wet and dry or a drill etc.any help appreciated before i go and slash my wrists :'(

dordymush:
well sick for you with that mate.
theres nowt worse than going getting something you expect to come out real nice and its not after the waiting.

diesel:
It seems if they didn't polish the areas in question then that's the problem, what are they going to charge you for another go at it?

Also who did you take it to?

markyp:

--- Quote from: dordymush on March 24, 2010, 03:04 PM ---well sick for you with that mate.
theres nowt worse than going getting something you expect to come out real nice and its not after the waiting.


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yep,five weeks wait as well,now another 7-10 days until its stripped before i can even get it polished by anyone ,someone,me? :'(

markyp:

--- Quote from: diesel on March 24, 2010, 03:09 PM ---It seems if they didn't polish the areas in question then that's the problem, what are they going to charge you for another go at it?

Also who did you take it to?

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they are going to do it again for free but thats no help if its gonna be a lash up again.it was south coast chrome who did it,incidently they did the chroming for rickman back in the day,the guy was telling me today,they must have done mrd as well so they have loads of experience in bmx chroming.the on e thing that they did mention tho was that the rickman frames which were to be chromed were a better quality than the ones to be painted.im wondering now if its the same with skyway especially as mines an 86 when they were all white by this time??

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