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Chrome plating
zed:
Hi pipes look good did you have to rub them down or did they do it all as i'm want to get some rechroming done on my k7 & was going to rub the parts down first
Zunspec:
Hello Zed.
The art of the chroming process is to first polish the parts, usually all done by the chrome shop. Obviously you cannot polish out any major flaws, sometimes deeper scratches/dents are filled with braze and worked back. It is this work, before the item hits the plating baths, which contributes to much of the cost. You can see on the end of the far left pipe the pitting where it went into the silencer, as it is hidden it was not worked on but it could have been.
Cheers Geoff
kevski:
--- Quote from: zed on February 06, 2017, 01:27:19 PM ---Hi pipes look good did you have to rub them down or did they do it all as i'm want to get some rechroming done on my k7 & was going to rub the parts down first
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Under no circumstances rub them down, the only thing you could do would be to clean the carbon out of the insides and that is not easy, best leave the rest to those that know what they are doing, but be careful as you will get what you pay for if you try to get the job very cheap, find the company that puts most nickel on first.
zed:
Thanks for the replies i will leave the prep down to them & ask if they nickel plate it first 👍
kevski:
It has to have a nickel or copper sub strata as chrome is not waterproof and the pipes will rust in absolutely no time at all.
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