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dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | Get aload of this price to have these items replated for my 59 cr . From a place in wi. touch notch triple replating show chrome . That's crazy $$$$$$$$$$$$ 4-tail lights $275 each 2-side moldings with grooves $475 each 1-hood ornament $475 All parts would be triple plated show chrome. There could be some repair charges after we get into it. These parts are known for having holes in them. We just finished parts like these about a month ago and we ran into some repairs we had to make. Thanks,
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dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | anyone ever use that "spray on chrome" that is advertised on youtube ? | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | That's a scam. You can't do this at home, takes a 10000 machine to spray for real. I had my 58 bumper wings done for 80$ a piece. Fiberglass. Those scammers sell a pint for like 100$... Total garbage, idiots still fall for.it | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | I use cosmichrome. Find a local guy who does it. https://www.cosmichrome.com | ||
lozrox58 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 306 Location: Newcastle Australia | Potmetal is expensive to rechrome and have it look good. When my chrome work was all complete I laid it out. Add in the bumpers and you are looking at $20k. (IMG_5940 small3.JPG) Attachments ---------------- IMG_5940 small3.JPG (243KB - 124 downloads) | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | <p>wooow ! anyone try chrome powder coating ?</p> Edited by dodge59 2019-11-19 9:46 AM | ||
StillOutThere |
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Location: Under the X in Texas | Properly prepared, guaranteed, show quality, triple plating today does cost in the ball park of what lozrox58 is talking about. Been there and done that. My '56 Dodge CRL convertible did within the last year and was done by Ogden Plating, Utah. | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | here is a guy on forAbody'sonly that did a superBee bumper with alsa killer chrome . (alsa chrome.jpg) (also chrome bumpers Super bee.jpg) Attachments ---------------- alsa chrome.jpg (48KB - 141 downloads) also chrome bumpers Super bee.jpg (46KB - 120 downloads) | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | I could live with that look . epoxy black , then killer chrome then clear coat . Real cheap. the 3 pints of killer chrome was $120 to do the job . article on this ALSA chrome is on forabodysonly WEB site if you want to read up on it. he was a autobody man so he had the clear and epoxy black at hand. | ||
57chizler |
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Expert Posts: 3768 Location: NorCal | dodge59 - 2019-11-19 10:02 AM I could live with that look . epoxy black , then killer chrome then clear coat . A side-by-side comparison to real chrome would probably change your mind. | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9605 Location: So. Cal | If you fill a rust hole with bondo and paint over it, it will look great for a longer period of time than that painted chrome. If you are looking for cheap chrome, take what you have, polish it how it is, and spray it with clear. | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | That could be an option with chrome but I was more concerned with the pot metal items with all the pitting. | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9605 Location: So. Cal | The only cheap option I know of is to do it yourself. Take all the parts and get them stripped. Dig out the pits and use muggyweld to fill them all back in. use a file and sander to get it back to proper shape (the hard part!), then have them all re-plated polished (in copper) as a batch process. | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | what is muggyweld ? | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9605 Location: So. Cal | https://www.muggyweld.com/product/super-alloy-1/ | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | Ok . what would you use to dig out all the millon pits ? A little ice pick ? is that how a chrome replating business would do for filling the pits ? | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | that muggyweld is applied how ? by a flame ? heat | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | why couldn't you use a all metal body filler to fill the holes . does it have be of a metal characteristics | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9605 Location: So. Cal | Plating would be difficult if it had non-metal binders in it. There are many videos about it on youtube. Here is one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz4LJ8uEkZo | ||
jboymechanic |
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Expert Posts: 2196 Location: Muskego, WI | John, I'm assuming you are working through the Chrome Shop in Menasha, WI. They do great work, but any quality chrome work anywhere is going to set you back big time. If you're not restoring, I would see what kind of results you see with cleaning and polishing. If you re-plate your chrome, then you will notice how shabby your paint is by comparison. Just clean it up and enjoy it as it is. | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | Jon . This place is called customplatingspecialists.com they are in Brillion wi. just west of fondulac. | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | These ribbed rear door pot metal moldings are impossible to replate I am told by north star plating in mn . ($_59 (5).JPG) Attachments ---------------- $_59 (5).JPG (114KB - 147 downloads) | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | once you dig the pittting out , it's impossible to fill it correctly and sand it perfect. That is what I am told. | ||
BigBlockMopar |
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Expert Posts: 3575 Location: Netherlands | When I bought my '59 Dodge Coronet, most of its chrome was still at the platers and it took some $1400,- to get them to finish it all up. This excluded the bumpers and the front eye-brows. I plan to chrome-wrap the bumpers myself. | ||
ronbo97 |
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Expert Posts: 4034 Location: Connecticut | dodge59 - 2019-11-21 3:40 PM once you dig the pittting out , it's impossible to fill it correctly and sand it perfect. That is what I am told. Yes, this is true. Anything with this level of detail will never clean up to anyone's satisfaction. Best is to try to find very good used, or someone that has a trove of NOS chrome. Ron | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | <p>Right on , Ron ! and ......... not to mention you really need DEEEEP pockets .</p> Edited by dodge59 2019-11-21 9:57 PM | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | dodge59 - 2019-11-21 3:40 PM once you dig the pittting out , it's impossible to fill it correctly and sand it perfect. That is what I am told.
no really true, its just a SERIOUS pita... takes a insane amount of time and the platers dont want to deal with it. | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | Yes ... time is $$ . | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | Found a guy here in milwaukee that does spray chrome . calling him Monday. | ||
Phatton |
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Veteran Posts: 174 Location: Camptown PA | The best way I've found to clean out pot metal pitting is with a sandblaster and Al oxide media. You need to be careful about the pressure you set the sandblaster to. | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | would "sand" media work also ? I have a cabinet sand blaster . | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | what's the best way to remove the chrome finish ? sand blast ? | ||
Phatton |
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Veteran Posts: 174 Location: Camptown PA | I don't like sand - it's dirty and does not last long. You can get AL oxide at Harbor freight. It lasts about 4 times longer than sand and does a better job. I have used the sandblaster to remove chrome finish. As with anything else try to do no harm start with a lower pressure and work up. | ||
57chizler |
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Expert Posts: 3768 Location: NorCal | Phatton - 2019-11-24 7:25 AM The best way I've found to clean out pot metal pitting is with a sandblaster and Al oxide media. That's the way my plater does it. The pits are then filled by numerous layers of the copper dip. When doing this the part loses its original shape and it then becomes a process of sculpting the copper before the final nickel/chrome dip. | ||
ronbo97 |
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Expert Posts: 4034 Location: Connecticut | The pros will take their time and fill each pit with silver solder. Then file down. Otherwise, you'll receive your part back that looks like a hack job. Or they'll grind out the pits until the metal becomes so thin that it buckles. Best is to find nice, original potmetal or NOS. Ron | ||
dodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1018 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | Found a guy locally that does spray on chroming . going to give him a try. | ||
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