Plating is just like paint, it is a thin protective coating. Obviously some platters are more conscientious than others. My experience tells me that results as a lot to do with part preparation prior to plating. This is what is time consuming and affect final cost. Most platter will strip parts in a acid solution prior to plating. Pitting/gouges will still be visible so some part need to be polished prior to platting.

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I have also had Eric plate a bunch of stuff for me. Quality was great and fast turnaround. Im gathering up another batch of parts now to have done for my dart im working on.

I highly recommend Stephan "s.f" restoration . He has done parts for me and is currently doing more parts for me as we speak. His work is flawless. He provides great communication throughout. From start to finish!Great turn around time too. I Love getting my parts back from him. Its like Christmas morning opening the boxes up and looking how nice the parts came out!! That's my opinion!