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Good UK based videos on chrome plating

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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
The Bristol chrome bumper video was very interesting - as has already been mentioed the back of the bumper including the mounting brackets were not shown having any polishing - I also wondered if they did anthing to the edges of the bolt holes themselves. Maybe a trade secret so not covered.

Certainly labour & chemically intensive with areas that some might shortcut to keep the price down - during the initial polishing with the various grades of abrahsive I have visions of Ken doing his polishing wizardry.

K2-K6:
Excellent link Ash, and good to see someone putting up what it really takes to complete to this standard.

Amusing, the cardboard flap on polisher machine.

Good they use turned up gloves to stop the solution running down onto their sleeves,  funny that he's wearing a wooley jumper to work there in  ;D

See the three motorcycle chain guard on the table at the copper stage ?

It's how real places work and all the better to showcase real knowledge too.

mickwinf:
have seen a few of these videos, very interesting and top work

Oddjob:
As I've repeatedly said Ash, the amount of work you put in can but doesn't always reflect on the amount of results you get out. Do it cheap and you'll need to do it again.

Just as an aside, had my Cb1300 wheels ceramic coated this week instead of powder coated, I had a small incident the other week whilst on my way to Dynasurf where the council decided to block off a road, mainly I suspect because it was being used as a short cut through a new estate and they wanted to stop that, so they blocked a small section of the road off, no signs etc, ripped up the pavements and laid grass, replaced the tarmac of the road with a sort of high grip surface. From a distance you cannot see the road is no longer there, it looks like the road just carries on, no railings etc. So I didn't spot the kerb lying across my path until the last minute due to low winter sun etc, hit it really hard and essentially scrapped both wheels, the front was so distorted it started to loose pressure. So to get back on track, got them done gold to match the present wheels and I'll see how they last and report back. Seen a pic of them and they look really good. I also had a LOAD of my 500 parts done at the same time, mainly as an alternative to having parts chromed, for instance, I have 6 CB550 exhaust clamps and 6 CB500 exhaust clamps, the 500s will be chromed the 550s will be chromer ceramic coated, we'll see which last better, the chrome IMO will always look better. I also had 24 exhaust collets chrome ceramic coated to see how they perform as opposed to either just leaving them as bare metal and watching them rust in short order or trying to zinc plate them and watching that get burnt off by the excessive heat of that area.

I'll post some pics when I pick them up, was supposed to be today but I've been bed bound all day.

K2-K6:
Bit of a passer to clang the rims Ken, I hate things like that, the curb that is. They moved curb "cheeks" out on our road to improve ergonomics  ::) but on average we'll get someone every couple of months clatter one and massacre their tyre. They're pretty brutal great square edged granite type, real big fuggers.

Interesting to see your ceramic coating items when they're done.

Also, on nice wheel rims I use silicone grease (only the tiniest amount ) really well rubbed around tyre bead to fit them. They slide on nicely and then seat really uniformly as they pop up onto the rim form. It's only the same as release agent used in moulding the tyres and mskes them really workable while reducing fitment stress on newly coated rims. Sealing and location seem unaffected and maybe even enhanced as the bead drops really accurately into the j section firm on tubeless rims.

I find this far better than tyre soaps, some of which may long term promote corrosion, which this doesn't.

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