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Title: cost of stripping chrome
Post by: markyp on July 17, 2009, 06:43 PM: anyone know roughly how much a chromer would charge to strip a frame and forks?or has anyone had one stripped then rechromed?how much was the complete package????any help appreciated :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: cost of stripping chrome
Post by: DIRTBIKER250F on July 17, 2009, 06:50 PM: Mark i paid £125 for strip and chrome mate :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: cost of stripping chrome
Post by: markyp on July 17, 2009, 06:58 PM: Quote from: DB250F on July 17, 2009, 06:50 PM
Mark i paid £125 for strip and chrome mate :daumenhoch:
bleedin heck that was good,who did that for you?im running up a blind alley with south coast chrome,they wont do any stripping and want £150 just to rechrome!!!
Title: Re: cost of stripping chrome
Post by: piranha on July 17, 2009, 06:58 PM: Depends if its just frame and forks?
A whole bike included trick nuts and seat clamps seat posts handle bars soon adds up!
I paid £150 but had loads of little items that take time you will be surprised a whole frame is easier to chrome than small items due to fiddley polishing and getting to hard areas ready for chroming!
Title: Re: cost of stripping chrome
Post by: DIRTBIKER250F on July 17, 2009, 07:04 PM: Quote from: markyp on July 17, 2009, 06:58 PM
Quote from: DB250F on July 17, 2009, 06:50 PM
Mark i paid £125 for strip and chrome mate :daumenhoch:
bleedin heck that was good,who did that for you?im running up a blind alley with south coast chrome,they wont do any stripping and want £150 just to rechrome!!!

Company called Allen Chrome in Poklington Yorks, to young lads, they do Lambretta stuff. Proper good job, they done my Gen1 and ask Swivel how that looks :4_17_5:
Title: Re: cost of stripping chrome
Post by: markyp on July 17, 2009, 07:13 PM: Quote from: DB250F on July 17, 2009, 07:04 PM
Quote from: markyp on July 17, 2009, 06:58 PM
Quote from: DB250F on July 17, 2009, 06:50 PM
Mark i paid £125 for strip and chrome mate :daumenhoch:
bleedin heck that was good,who did that for you?im running up a blind alley with south coast chrome,they wont do any stripping and want £150 just to rechrome!!!

Company called Allen Chrome in Poklington Yorks, to young lads, they do Lambretta stuff. Proper good job, they done my Gen1 and ask Swivel how that looks :4_17_5:
do you reckon they'd let me post my stuff to them???
Title: Re: cost of stripping chrome
Post by: DIRTBIKER250F on July 17, 2009, 07:16 PM: They are on the internet Mark, give em a buzz. Tell them i recommended them to you :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: cost of stripping chrome
Post by: markyp on July 17, 2009, 07:18 PM: yeah just looked em up,will give em a buzz,cheers for that :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: cost of stripping chrome
Post by: trasher on July 17, 2009, 08:09 PM: Quote from: DB250F on July 17, 2009, 06:50 PM
Mark i paid £125 for strip and chrome mate :daumenhoch:

kin ell thats a great price ,,,,,

i paid £40 recently for chrome stripping ,,,minimum cost

and i had another frame and forks re chromed ,for £140 ,not to good a job though :-\
Title: Re: cost of stripping chrome
Post by: ruff n tuff on July 17, 2009, 09:20 PM: I paid £25 to strip chrome and nickle (as I wanted to powder it) off a frame and fork set down in sunny Ramsgate...