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superbikedan:
--- Quote from: Southern Andy on November 04, 2010, 09:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: markyp on November 04, 2010, 08:49 PM ---
unfortunately i think total perfection is something that seems impossible to acheive by any chromer,it stilll remains the holy grail of bmx restoration
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This is what i don't understand though as i just don't remember a badly chromed frame back in the 80's. They did a great job then so why cant they do it now ????????
With an extra 25+ yrs of industry knowledge, i just can't fathom out why there are seem real rough jobs around today. I'm not sayimg the frame above is rough by any amount of imagination, just obviously there are certainly parts that are up for discussion.
It just seems 25+ yrs on and we're taking backward steps rather than going forward.
Weird. :idiot2: :idiot2:
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my honest opinion, it's all about how much heart you put into the job, the love of
restoring and seeing some frame thats 20-30 years old brought back to life and some
times looking better than it did when new gives me the biggest buzz time and time
again, it's all about finding that one plater who loves what you do, understands what
your after and knows himself what he should achieve, every frame i paint gets the best
i can do whether it's worth £100 or £1000, it makes no differance, i bet if the chrome
plater loved custom cars and was into them than your car parts would look the b0llox,
Jamroll:
So, the frame and bars are back in with the chromers....maybe i went in the conversation today a bit like a bull in a china shop but to be fair I'm pretty fooked off with all this now :-\ On closer inspection in daylight I found a couple of area's on the down dube with no chrome on at all, and on the inside of the gusset i took a knife and was removing a shit load of polishing clay after the chroming had apparently been attempted there.
After a full on row with the geezer I've managed to talk him into having another go at the them....i dont know how good they'll be but i said I'll keep on coming back until there right. Or give me my money back and I'll take to a chromers who can do the job :2gunsfiring_v1:
Was going to leave the bars chrome...may have to consider options if i cant get them bang on...Was considering powdering black :-\
Thoughts please chaps
dordymush:
like dan says.
some of the old school chrome plating firms would never let stuff back out like that.
had a bit of pride in what they did.
now days its just about the speed and the cash.
see if there any better this time round.
just hope he dont come the pratt and make em even worse.
brettypeeps:
I think the bottom line is if the come back right next time the chromer gets a plug for good work and they get more chroming jobs from the forum.
But if they dont then come back good then they get the bad press on the forum and don get any repeat work. either way they know how dissapointed you are and rightly so and they are trying to sort it out :daumenhoch:
Hopefully you will have a real beauty in a few weeks :4_17_5:
Jamroll:
--- Quote from: brettypeeps on November 05, 2010, 01:19 PM ---I think the bottom line is if the come back right next time the chromer gets a plug for good work and they get more chroming jobs from the forum.
But if they dont then come back good then they get the bad press on the forum and don get any repeat work. either way they know how dissapointed you are and rightly so and they are trying to sort it out :daumenhoch:
Hopefully you will have a real beauty in a few weeks :4_17_5:
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Really appreciate what your saying they brett, but I no longer have you confidence mate...
All this shit has left a really bitter taste now mate...and at the moment i cant be fookin arsed :-[
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