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rotortech
PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:22 am 
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Mike and Coops - I am laughing all the way to the bank to withdraw some more money. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I just told my 18 year old daughter that I was wrong for all those years when I kept telling her how important college is. Restoring the triple is now more important and that is where the money is going to be spent. Sorry Honey.

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Ric
PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:15 am 
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Thanks Ric. I am very familiar with the whole plating process from having parts done in-house at a large facility where I worked. I am just not experienced with taking old parts and making them look new again..........



What !
What were you asking the question for then ?

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:18 pm 

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rotortech wrote:
Some of my stuff I have carefully polished to an acceptable appearance for chrome plated parts. Now I still have a bunch of parts- brake pedal, handlebar, etc - that are rusted and pitted beyond cleanup.

Here's my question. When getting chrome plated parts re-chromed, should I just hand them to a competent chrome plater (discussed on another thread) or should I grind all the old chrome off before going to the plater?

I have never worked with damaged chrome plated parts before and I thought you guys might have some advice for me.

Thanks.

I recon you should just grind off the old chrome. But id recommend useing a 7inch grinder as opposed too useing a 9inch grinder :P
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:43 am 
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Ric wrote:
rotortech wrote:
Thanks Ric. I am very familiar with the whole plating process from having parts done in-house at a large facility where I worked. I am just not experienced with taking old parts and making them look new again..........



What !
What were you asking the question for then ?

Ric,

Even though I know how the plating process works I have never

1. Had to pay for it.

2. Restored used parts.

So my question was specifically about how to approach the platers with my old junky parts.

Thanks again all for the comments and suggestions.

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