Max, where are you in Tennessee? I recently went to
A1 Plating near Florence Alabama and had a great
conversation with them about plating in general and my
needs in particular. I am going to need a BUNCH of
pot metal done on my 50 Crown and when I went there I
saw a large side spear similar to what I have, about
4' long and 2 1/2" wide tapering off to 1". It was
badly pitted and when I asked how much it is going to
cost they said about $250.00. I've seen their work
and Jeff Carrothers just had most his 64 rechromed
there. It looks great!
It's still not too late to make it down to Anniston
this weekend.
Kerry
--- Maxiudo Ulrich <mind_probe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> fellow imperialists,
>
> i'm at the point now where the mechanical
> restoration of my '62 crown is
> finished and my car has recently had all the trim
> removed in preparation for
> additional sanding before being painted. the trim
> appears very presentable,
> but i'd like to maintain this '62 forever and i
> never want to have to remove
> the trim again. the pot metal pieces are in the
> "worst" shape. i'm
> thinking of having some of the heavier pot metal
> pieces re-chromed.
>
> i live in tennessee, and all the local plating
> companies tell me that
> re-chroming pot metal takes a lot of highly
> regulated epa equipment given
> the cyanide used in the process. i have a good
> company in nashville, tn,
> that i've used for both grille inserts and grille
> surrounds, but it cost
> nearly $1000.00 to rechrome these pot metal pieces.
> i'm wondering if
> someone knows a less expensive but still quality
> outfit that might cost
> substantially less. whether its to nashville or
> somewhere else, i'd still
> have to ship the parts so i'm not saving any money
> that way. if anyone has
> had pot metal pieces on a '62 rechromed, i'd like to
> know what was paid for
> the service.
>
> the groups' advice on chrome-plating pot metal
> experiences would be greatly
> appreciated. i know you can't just do once piece
> without throwing off the
> whole side of a car, so its in for a penny, in for a
> pound.
>
> thanks for your input.
>
> best regards,
>
> max
>
>
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