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R&S Electroplating Limited
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on April 29, 2014, 02:36:40 PM ---If this is R&S near Oldham then yes I've dealt with them before.
I had all my parts for my CB500-4 done by them in the mid 80s, excellent job but then they moved from central Manchester to their present location. I had a clutch cover for the 1300 done by them in 2009, it lasted about 3 months and then the chrome started to flake off, nothing I had done by them has lasted. Wouldn't recommend them after that.
This company comes highly recommended
http://www.qualitychrome.co.uk/index.php#
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Hmm got to be careful what I say here but QC (local to me) plated some parts for my 750K0 and loused up my mega rare 'antimon' alloy fuel cap. I may have to use them again as I hate having to post off rare parts but IMHO they don't really live up to the hype given in the magazines I have read. Took an age too and no upfront estimate given. They have moved premises since I used them in 2011. Maybe I am not being totally fair, as chroming and all it's HSE restrictions must be a nightmare of a business to handle but it's the one area of restoration, which is the great unknown, in terms of timescales and costs. I just wish there was a place you could go with your own polished parts for them to just chrome them. OK some people don't prep properly but any decent chromer should be able to asses a part and if not prepared properly, then throw it back to the customer. I did this with a place in Hull who chromed my 400/4 parts back in '86. I prepped them myself and the guy said I had wasted my time and they would cost more than if I had not touched them. He then went on to say that the chroming costs very little it was the prep and polishing, which was the major cost. So I then told him to chrome them as they were and that I would suffer the consequences if there turned out rubbish and I he reluctantly did it. Those parts cost very little to chrome and are still perfect today.
cheers ... AshD
Ewan 500 K1:
Phew, that was close. I was due to send a parcel off to R&S today... but will now reconsider. Anyone used Jacson plating : http://www.jacksonplating.co.uk/ They gave me the cheapest uote out of Quality Chrome, R&S and Jacksons
Trigger:
Ewan, i have some parts at Jackson at the moment. Was recommended by a mate that does custom work. I was sending out to Bulgaria because of price and a spot on job. But i didn't have enough parts this time to make it worth it.
Ash, this is one of the problems we have if we post. And it is all down to the prep work. Send a chrome shop a new part and it always comes back Nice.
Ewan 500 K1:
cheers Trig, were they new parts you sent to Jackson's .. if not will they do the prep rather than relying on customer to do a good job ? Also , have copied comments above to R&S (with names deleted) to see what he says .
Ewan 500 K1:
messgae sent to, and the response from R&S: (he doesnt know what forum the comments came from)
Hi Mark
saw some reviews of your service, which dont reflect well on you:
Has anyone used these people before? I'm having a right nightmare with them. They've lost a part I sent them. They claim they have posted it back and it's gone missing in the post but they forgot to send it tracked??! I've paid for the re-chroming and the postage but they won't give me a refund. Just said they will do me another one for free. Big deal
If this is R&S near Oldham then yes I've dealt with them before.I had all my parts for my CB500-4 done by them in the mid 80s, excellent job but then they moved from central Manchester to their present location. I had a clutch cover for the 1300 done by them in 2009, it lasted about 3 months and then the chrome started to flake off, nothing I had done by them has lasted. Wouldn't recommend them after that.
any comments ?
Ewan
Not really anything I can say these forums are used by people who would rather moan via a keyboard than contact us direct. With this I mean yes a part has gone missing in the post and this person was quite willing to accept the terms and conditions of making sure there is adequate insurance in place in case of any loss or damage so why when an item gets lost in transit it is suddenly my fault and not the postal service who lost the part neither does this person mention that as a gesture of goodwill I would also chrome his front wheel at a discounted price or the fact that I have been in hospital and off work and still kept in touch to make sure he was kept in the picture. As for the part lasting 3 months this could quite well be true as no chrome plater is perfect and when you are working with complex chemicals occasionally this can go wrong although not very often but again unless we are informed of a problem how can we be expected to put it right again hiding behind a keyboard. Also I cannot check back as it was my father who was here then and he has since died so I cannot even ask him. I do feel though that your mind has now been poisened and for you own piece of mind you had probably better to look else where. In the meantime I shall be looking into the forum as there is no way I am having my fathers memory tainted in this way
Regards Mark
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