I agree with Arran on this one. I do ALL of the work on my own cars. I would
rather spend the money on the right equipment to do it myself than risk
paying someone else to do something that I would not be happy with.
Personally I love to restore cars, every bit of them. I have been known to
spend days on a job that would only cost $100 to have done. But theres one
thing that I know that the guy that farms out his work doesn't. I know that
every little peice is done to perfection, and if I don't like it later then
I will just redo it. I guess I am just a perfectionist. I am very interested
in this chrome thread, 67's as we all know are nothing but chrome, so I
stand to save a lot of money and headache.
Brian
67 FDHT crown
----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:37 PM
Subject: IML: Criticism of D.I.Y Chrome plating
> Chad;
> Why All this cynicism? By the same logic you are implying that you can't
> paint or do the bodywork on your own car either. Besides how do you know
it
> won't work, have you tried it? You're condeming a guy that you know
nothing
> about, have not seen his plating equiptment, or any of the work he has
done
> with that equiptment. I have seen plating jobs by professionals that
people
> did not get what they paid for, and they paid through the nose. At least
if
> they do the plating themselves, and it doesn't work, they can always try
it
> again.
> I am not interested in a flame war here but some people had a legitimate
> inquiry about what method and equiptment this fellow used and I am trying
to
> answer them. If you don't think it will work, and don't want to try, you
> can always take stuff to the chrome shop like you always have, no-one is
> forcing you to do otherwise. For those wanting to try it I am sure that
they
> won't experiment on any good or rare trim parts while they are figuring it
> out.
> Best Regards
> Arran Foster
> 1954 Imperial Newport
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chad Brown" <clutchfan2001@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Self-Inflicted Chrome Plating
>
>
> > You get what you pay for. Do it yourself and it'll
> > look like it.
> >
> >
> > --- Rog & Jan van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Any other old timers who remember those ads in
> > > Popular
> > > Science, Popular Mechanics and the like for chroming
> > > kits?
> > > They showed a little brush with a wire on it and
> > > said it was
> > > as easy as painting.
> > >
> > > Frankly I don't think there's going to be any
> > > satisfactory
> > > substitute for going to a chrome shop.
> > >
> > > --Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth,
> > > '73Duster, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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