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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: adenough on July 20, 2007, 03:16 PM

Title: D.I.Y CHROME PLATING IN YOUR SHED.........
Post by: adenough on July 20, 2007, 03:16 PM: HI, I CAME ACROSS THIS SITE ON HOW TO PLATE AT HOME THE 'EASY' WAY (MY ARSE) IT MIGHT MAKE SOME SENSE TO SOMEONE ON HERE, BUT ITS ALL GREEK TO ME :) ID LOVE SOME OF YOU CHAPS TO GIVE IT A GO (NO DOUBT SOMEONE WILL) AND POST A 'LAYMANS' VERSION IN ENGLISH,,LOL AND POST LOADS OF PICS OF THE RESULTS ETC, I HOPE THIS THREAD CONTINUES. :daumenhoch: RIGHTY, IM OFF THE FIX ME CAR, I THINK THE FLUX CAPACITOR IS PLAYIN' UP ???

http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/nickfull/chrome.htm
Title: Re: D.I.Y CHROME PLATING IN YOUR SHED.........
Post by: diesel on July 20, 2007, 04:27 PM: This is uh... This is heavy duty, Doc. This is great. Uh... does it run, like... on regular unleaded gasoline?

Just fetched these from the shed:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/vdc-1.jpg)
Title: Re: D.I.Y CHROME PLATING IN YOUR SHED.........
Post by: MartyC on July 20, 2007, 08:21 PM: Sounds like one of these ...

(http://www.mattcouper.co.nz/hugsandkisses/matt_couper_bomb.jpg)

:LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: D.I.Y CHROME PLATING IN YOUR SHED.........
Post by: Dr Skyway on July 20, 2007, 08:37 PM: Leave the Chromic acid baths to the serail killers :D

It might cost and arm and a leg to get parts chromed, but it would be more painfull burning them off in acid :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: D.I.Y CHROME PLATING IN YOUR SHED.........
Post by: bof on July 21, 2007, 11:21 AM: Jeez that guys got to much time on his hands. :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: D.I.Y CHROME PLATING IN YOUR SHED.........
Post by: Superkav on August 03, 2007, 01:51 PM: The bi-products of chroming will fook you up good and proper, leave well alone and pay someone else to do it. Unless of course you have dreams of a horribly agonising and slow death from poisoning.