Hi to all, I had two of my '57 caps touched up by the same polisher as John Cote and he mentioned having to remove the flash chrome chemically before polishing. Of course all of the paint came off in the process. Didn't run into this when doing the trim pieces. Dave Geise NJ cotejohnr@xxxxxxx wrote: >Hi Mike and all, >Sounds like sometime between '56 and '62 flash chroming stopped being >used. I know my '56 stainless had flash chroming as the person who did >my stainless demonstrated to me the flash chrome on the trim and some >'56 B wheelcovers. I vaguely remember him using a solvent that removed >the flash chrome so it he could buff the stainless more quickly and >easily. Maybe acetone?? >(Help me out here Al Vannice!!) >I'll try to give my polisher a call and ask him if that is so. >John Cote >CT. > >-----Original Message----- >From: MRS954@xxxxxxx >To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:15:26 EDT >Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] what was and what wasn't flash-chromed? > > Hi Group, >I've been following this string all day. I thought I'd throw in my 2 >cents. >When I assembled my 300H three years ago, I polished all my stainless >trim >and wheel covers with my 3/4 HP polishing wheel. I used grey compound >and white > >rouge. There was no plating on any of my parts. All the parts >polished up >nicely. And the wheels turned as black as the paint on the car. This >tells me >the trim is stainless without plating. Just thought you'd like to >know... > >Mark Souders >300H >Mohrsville, PA > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >To send a message to this group, send an email to: >Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >For list server instructions, go to >http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >To send a message to this group, send an email to: >Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/