Re: Does anyone do their own prep work prior to re-chroming?

Posted by Tim Cole On 2013/7/11 8:04:30

You are not being cheap!!!

I have dealt with some of the notable platers and seen them foul up work.

If you can find a good library you can get a book on plating that will tell you how to go about things.

For pot metal you need zinc rod and a torch, but get some junk parts and practice.

For dented parts if you can find someone who tunes brass instruments they may be able to help you. I'm sure they will if you just offer to pay to watch them.

You can always get junk and put dents into it.

The problem I always had was people telling me that I am stupid and slow and when I ended up fixing what other people were paid more than me had done; I had to agree. Those screw ups are smarter than me!