chrome fiberglass bumper?
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Does anyone know who can chrome (plastic chrome, chrome paint, etc...) a fiberglass bumper. It's pretty wide (63 dodge 440)?
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Re: chrome fiberglass bumper?
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http://www.snschrome.com/photo.htmlcheck out the link above. cool chit!
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Re: chrome fiberglass bumper?
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Re: chrome fiberglass bumper?
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http://www.snschrome.com/photo.html
check out the link above. cool chit!
From what I understand, Mark at SNS isn't doing it anymore.......Between the cost of the materials getting so high and the product having issues 6 months to a year after it's applied, he's given up, AFTER spending a fortune trying to figure it out........
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I got a quote from a guy in Eastern Pa of $800-1,000 for two bumpers,way to expensive for me.
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Re: chrome fiberglass bumper?
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http://www.snschrome.com/photo.html
check out the link above. cool chit!
From what I understand, Mark at SNS isn't doing it anymore.......Between the cost of the materials getting so high and the product having issues 6 months to a year after it's applied, he's given up, AFTER spending a fortune trying to figure it out........
Wayne
Thats too bad! I'm sad to hear that Wayne. My bumper that you/mark did still looks very good, just some wear and tear from being on a racecar. Don
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I got a quote from a guy in Eastern Pa of $800-1,000 for two bumpers,way to expensive for me.
1k$ for 2 bumpers ? ...100% rip-off.
It has been a while since I dealt with the "chrome" plater that I used ... but I could RETAIL having an average bumper done for 125$ each.
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ive mentioned this before.. but ... i invested alot of money and 2+yrs trying to get a system to do chrome plated fiberglass bumpers
most processes silver plate it.. then either clear over that...(not a true chrome look) or.. use the silver plate as a conductor..and then do a traditional copper nickel chrome.. however most chrome tanks are high in acid content to keep metal contaminants down.. if you put a fiberglass part in this acid tank. eventually it will break down the fiberglass and the bumper will start to disintigrate..a few yrs after you get it back..
you need dedicated vats that are for fiberglass parts..with a differnt acidic medium in the tank.. so it doesnt eat the part.. but i digress....
by the way the vacume deal...mention'd above.. isnt what you think..its not a film vacuumed over teh part... its a electrolisis proceedure that puts the parts in a chamber that is put at -65 vacume.. then an annode and cathode process ..pulls aluminum molecules from an aluminum ingot.. and its transferd to the plastic part.. comes out aluminum plated... most dash parts (toys,,model parts) are done this way... fwiw cheaspt
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Re: chrome fiberglass bumper?
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by the way the vacume deal...mention'd above.. isnt what you think..its not a film vacuumed over teh part... its a electrolisis proceedure that puts the parts in a chamber that is put at -65 vacume.. then an annode and cathode process ..pulls aluminum molecules from an aluminum ingot.. and its transferd to the plastic part.. comes out aluminum plated... most dash parts (toys,,model parts) are done this way... fwiw cheaspt
Thanks for clarification on that cheapst Is that a process that may have some merit? You seem to have quite a bit knowledge in this stuff
By the way, sorry the chrome deal didn't work out for you but it sounds like you gave it your best
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ive mentioned this before.. but ... i invested alot of money and 2+yrs trying to get a system to do chrome plated fiberglass bumpers
most processes silver plate it.. then either clear over that...(not a true chrome look) or.. use the silver plate as a conductor..and then do a traditional copper nickel chrome.. however most chrome tanks are high in acid content to keep metal contaminants down.. if you put a fiberglass part in this acid tank. eventually it will break down the fiberglass and the bumper will start to disintigrate..a few yrs after you get it back..
you need dedicated vats that are for fiberglass parts..with a differnt acidic medium in the tank.. so it doesnt eat the part.. but i digress....
by the way the vacume deal...mention'd above.. isnt what you think..its not a film vacuumed over teh part... its a electrolisis proceedure that puts the parts in a chamber that is put at -65 vacume.. then an annode and cathode process ..pulls aluminum molecules from an aluminum ingot.. and its transferd to the plastic part.. comes out aluminum plated... most dash parts (toys,,model parts) are done this way... fwiw cheaspt
From what little I know about the vaccum process, it is hard to fins someone that has a vacuum chamber large enough to do a bumper.
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