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bobthebuilder:
Hi Guys,

Me back again asked this question on post about KO tyres, but in case you all missed it was wondering if any of you enthusiasts knew of a really great re-chroming shop, all blogs and people I have spoke to so far give conflicting replies, one says best since sliced bread another don't touch with barge pole, so will ask again anyone know of a really! really! great at re-chroming.  :-\

Cheers Jock.

SteveD CB500K0:
If/when you find one, post in the "Recommended Suppliers" thread.

kaceyk2:
Bob. rechroming depends on so much...
A good rechromer will tell you if the parts you show them are worth rechroming..
It starts there.
A lot of parts are not, and should not be attempted..
Once the old chrome has been stripped off, only then can the "worthyness" of the part be properly assessed.
And thats just the start.. I personally have come across stories of old chrome being "ground off" (OW)
Once the chrome is off, the better the metal is polished, the better the end result.
So allready, we have three skills involved; Assessing if its possible, carefull stripping, polishing.
And thats all before plating.
Like you say recomendations vary, there are stories of long waits, there are also stories of lost parts.
There are stories of excellent service, and stories of shoddy outfits in general.
It does seem like a minefield.
Personally, I found an outfit here in Wales that are not only excellent, but very reasonable.
There main operation is chroming of bathroom fittings, like say heated  towel rails, taps and the like, when I took stuff there like a brake lever and pair of handlebars and headlight ears, they would say, "It will go in with the next batch say a week on tuesday"
And they were true to their word, I took the stuff in and picked it up though.
It has been a long time, so I will need to ring them up to check if they are still in operation.
I can do that tommorrow as its 5.30 now.
will report back for you.

bobthebuilder:
Thanks Kacey K2,


Grateful for all info and help let me know how it goes, don't mind waiting a till/if they can do it as long as it is a good job, realise I will have to post parts but there is no place local.

Cheers Jock.

UKROBK7:
I can only go on experience but recommend Quality Chrome in Hull (01482 589838 Karl) and also Howells in Walsall West Midlands (01922 649992 Graham), both a bit far from you!  Both are not cheap but they do a great job.  Both do their own in-house polishing.  Howells are used by the classic car people and I believe also by Westfield Cars.  I used Quality Chrome when I did my custom Shadow and they did a great job on chroming the alloy parts as well as on steel.  I am using Howells for the CB750 resto that I am doing at the moment.  They have done a load of parts for me and the wheel rims they did were fantastic, taking great care that the chrome went into the 17" rear wheel deep drop centre (K7 wheel).  They had to triple copper both rims before nickeling and chroming because of the bad marks caused when tyre changes were made.

You need to understand from them what finish you are likely to get on the particular parts you let them have.  So far I have not been disappointed.

Prices have risen steeply due to the metal pricing soaring and they keep rising!

Rob

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