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Old 12-07-2002, 10:42 AM
leathermang leathermang is offline
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Larry, Yes, any plating shop Can do it.. but many don't want to deal with such a small job...

Everything said above is true as far as my experience goes...

I expect that DomChang did the best thing considering that they are available.... now if you were working on a 1932 Franklin... then going the custom route is reasonable..

I can not imagine having a plating shop just do two thirds of the job and then trying to ship it to this other guy for only the last step...

Beautiful chroming is like a paint job.. much of the quality happens (or not) in the intermdiate polishing steps... sticking it in that last tank just isn't that hard.. and it must be chemically clean when it goes in.... so just let the plating shop that does the first part be in charge of sticking it into the chrome tank...

But on (relatively ) late model cars like ours... if replacement parts are available that is very likely the best route to take...

The Eastwood Co has some great stuff... and often package things as a kit for someone wanting to do a couple of items...

You could also try doing the entire process by yourself... if you follow the safety rules you can get a good finish at home...The problem is that most wholesale places don't package the chemicals in much smaller than 55 gallon containers...and poisonous gases are produced by some of the processes... so outside equipment is preferred...
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