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markyp:

--- Quote from: moochalargo on July 17, 2010, 03:23 PM ---Oh that's good and bad news! Didn't know that Curtis will replace the bridge and mine has gone of to chrome with it's squashed one still in. Oh well !

My pro was painted and I have removed the horrid colour to find the tubes ar badly pitted from rust. Can anything be done with these? I do want to chrome it so can I fill and smooth the tubes on any way or is this frame set destined to spend the rest of it's life on paint?

Will get pics up when the exp is back.
Cheers

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the problem with chroming is the prep,its all in the prep!!!!even a good chromer will strugle to polish up the fiddly bits on a bike frame before its chromed especiaslly if the bike was painted originally meaning the tubes would have never ever had a polish.if the frame was chrome originally then youve got a fighting chance as the tubes would have been all polished prior to being chromed.be prepared to be disappionted,chromers will take the job on wothout telling you the risks when they already know if its gonna turn out any good or not.chroming is a mine field,best thing to do is take it to a local one and discuss it with them,dont chance it,its all in the communication,believe me,most radsters will tell you this  :daumenhoch:

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