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MGVW56
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Location: NY
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 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:20 pm Post subject: Chrome ash tray beauty ring pitted |
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| What options are out there for th beauty ring on the ash tray. Mine is pitted |
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schwartzkafer
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Joined: January 14, 2010
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Location: PA
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:25 pm Post subject: Re: Chrome ash tray beauty ring pitted |
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| Its not going to be cheap, but mine is going in for rechroming. My shop does an acid dip to remove all old chrome, then metal prep (smooth pitting), then a 3 part plating process (tin, copper, and chrome). It's spendy,to say the least, but guaranteed for life. |
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MGVW56
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Location: NY
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:03 pm Post subject: Re: Chrome ash tray beauty ring pitted |
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| If you don't mind me asking, what were you quoted on the chrome |
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RareAir
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Location: 18 miles North of the border
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Chrome ash tray beauty ring pitted |
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| schwartzkafer wrote: |
| Its not going to be cheap, but mine is going in for rechroming. My shop does an acid dip to remove all old chrome, then metal prep (smooth pitting), then a 3 part plating process (tin, copper, and chrome). It's spendy,to say the least, but guaranteed for life. |
Hmmmmm, Tin? Not Nickel? It's usuall Copper (to fill imperfections), Nickel (to help adhesion) Chrome (shiney luster)
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RareAir
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Porsche904
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:55 am Post subject: Re: Chrome ash tray beauty ring pitted |
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| MGVW56 wrote: |
| What options are out there for th beauty ring on the ash tray. Mine is pitted |
buy a good used one, there're plenty of them |
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fazeka
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Joined: July 09, 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: Chrome ash tray beauty ring pitted |
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+1
Need the nickel...
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Hmmmmm, Tin? Not Nickel? It's usuall Copper (to fill imperfections), Nickel (to help adhesion) Chrome (shiney luster) |
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Bob Loblaw
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Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: Chrome ash tray beauty ring pitted |
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Back in the day, my buddy and his brother worked at a plating shop. What a horrible environment to work in. At the end of the day, their t-shirts and underwear were rusty, with all the metal dust floating in the air, and the sweat. Ugh.
But I could drop by with a bottle of Crown Royal, and whatever I needed chromed, and get it done by the next day. Tie rods, mufflers, knives, glove box doors, ashtrays, Herrod Helper wing, wiper arms etc. Good times.
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j-sou
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Joined: August 02, 2004
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Location: Fresno
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Chrome ash tray beauty ring pitted |
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| Bob Loblaw wrote: |
Back in the day, my buddy and his brother worked at a plating shop. What a horrible environment to work in. At the end of the day, their t-shirts and underwear were rusty, with all the metal dust floating in the air, and the sweat. Ugh.
But I could drop by with a bottle of Crown Royal, and whatever I needed chromed, and get it done by the next day. Tie rods, mufflers, knives, glove box doors, ashtrays, Herrod Helper wing, wiper arms etc. Good times. |
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schwartzkafer
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Location: PA
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Chrome ash tray beauty ring pitted |
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| Oooooops! Meant nickel, honest.... I haven't gotten the price as yet, still collecting parts to go to the plater, some to powder coat. I did have some parts from an antique deli slicer plated recently, and that ran about $500 for three medium sized pieces . |
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