Re: "Painting" chrome

Posted by Tim Cole On 2015/9/1 17:53:42

At one time I wanted to open a company to do just that. Provide a feasible alternative to plating more in tune with the budgets of the hot rod crowd and lower value cars. I also felt that once a successful book of business is underway there is a high likelihood of the phone ringing with a contract for a million chrome painted wheels or bumpers from one of the big car makers.

As well a lot of the die cast parts are in such bad shape that subjecting them to plating attempts is a waste of money. A case in point is the Packard power brake selector. There isn't a plater anywhere who knows what it should look like. They just grind the living shxt out of them and ruin them.

But if you want to be serious about a successful business you have to be the kind of schmuck that people want to throw money at. So I never bothered see if a marketable process was possible. I've just seen too much authority and money being placed into the hands of total jerks. In a corporation if you aren't a big liability you aren't going any place.