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Vert-Ego re-chroming????
pkradman:
gettin old frames re-chromed is tricky business !! , the key is gettin a good polisher , the chome is only thin decorative chome so the metal frame its self has to be spot on really .. but biagio has all the experience one can gain ...
MartyC:
--- Quote from: pkradman on January 25, 2007, 09:55 PM ---gettin old frames re-chromed is tricky business !! , the key is gettin a good polisher , the chome is only thin decorative chome so the metal frame its self has to be spot on really .. but biagio has all the experience one can gain ...
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Lee is spot here, the trick is to get the parts as polished as possible, a good chromer for a show chrome finish will apply the chrome in layers usually nickel and then chrome but can also use brass/copper. The better the preperation the better the finish :daumenhoch:
pkradman:
Now just try and get a pro polisher get his polishing wheel all round the tubes of a frame .. :LolLolLolLol:
MartyC:
--- Quote from: pkradman on January 25, 2007, 10:18 PM ---Now just try and get a pro polisher get his polishing wheel all round the tubes of a frame .. :LolLolLolLol:
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They managed it bitd well enough, you just have to invest some time, the bare metal does not have to be highly polished just smooth and free of contaminents, the layered plating gives it the final show quality shine....
Forks and cranks were painted black before plating, just stripped with nitromors quick once over with 240g wet and dry and then plated, chainring was just buffed up on a polisher :daumenhoch:
rarman1:
who did your chroming then martyc :)
looks a good job
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