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Re: Pot Metal & Plastic Chroming - Need Recommendations!
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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03/10/13 06:06 PM
03/10/13 06:06 PM
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Quote:
Glen Baughman at www.gcartrim.com
QUALITY Chromed pot metal restoration that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Good luck with that! I've seen Iversons work, he's very talented. The work is like body work, the old plating is stripped, the pits are revealed, the pits are filled, then the bondo (copper) goes on and is polished and worked to a perfectly smooth surface before nickel and chrome plating. It's tedious time consuming work and you need to be VERY good at it to properly restore (and avoid ruining) a part to a show worthy level.
 Whoever you go with, make sure you clearly understand the process. If they say they'll plate the heck out of it with copper to fill the pits, run away fast. If they say they will use bondo or some other sort of plastic filler for the pits, run away fast. Pot Metal is crap metal to start with and wasn't designed to really last. The cleaner your cores the better, but don't give your best cores to someone unless they did good work before on some or your not so good pieces. And stay away from NuChrome in Falls River, Mass..DAMHIK...,
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