Roger 1955 Imperial Newport----- Original Message ----- From: "tdcox" <tdcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'Tom Scott'" <shelbyguy@xxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: IML: Looking for a potmetal repair shop in the New York area
Tom Do you think the part could chrome plated after it received the "coating"mentioned below. If this were possible, it would make the chrome plating ofbadly scarred and pitted pot metal much easier to plate. Any thoughts? Tom Cox -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Scott Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:54 PM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: Looking for a potmetal repair shop in the New York area Robert, I don't know if you'll be interested in this or not but I recently visited a fellow in PA who does what he refers to as 'metallization'. His websiteis attached below. Anyway, he takes the piece down to base metal, fills inthe pits and imperfections, then has this coating process that he uses toget a high gloss chrome like finish. I was a little skeptical at first butwhen I saw what he was doing and what the finished piece looks like, I'm pretty well convinced. The drawback is that it is a coating and not aplating therefore the finish is softer. For the Flitesweep reflector, thisprocess might be a better alternative than traditional metal restoration/plating. I'm going to have a few pieces coated by him in the fall...including the piece you want to have done. Let me know what you think. The finished piece looks identical to chrome plating. Tom http://www.coatofchrome.com/default.php----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob van der Es" <r.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:02 PM Subject: IML: Looking for a potmetal repair shop in the New York areaHi fellow imperialists!I am trying to restore a trunklid reflector for my 1960 Imperial, my fried and fellow IML member Charles Rex (who also ownes a 1960 Imp) has obtaineda reflector from Lowell but this one is heavily pitted. This became visible after removing the old chrome plating.What I am looking for now is a shop that can repair the pinnholes and somecraters in the potmetal. After the repair it can be copper plated and rechromed by any plating company, but the problem is that not many know how to repair pot metal.. Does anyone know a good repair shop in the New York area that can handle potmetal (zamac) ? Thanks in advance, Robert van der Es ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm
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