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Topic: Old chrome bars |
Jeremy Threlfall
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Posted 23 Jul 2016 7:10 pm |
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Do you think it should be feasible to get an old worn out chrome bar re-chromed? Or just chuck it? It's not damaged/dinged, just has the chrome worm off and has lost it's slipperiness. I know it's a matter if asking a local shop for a price, but is there any reason you wouldn't expect it to work? And would the shop want to know how many layers of chrome to put on and how much to polish it, or is that plainly evident to anyone who knows about this stuff ( which clearly doesn't include me )
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Per Berner
From:
Skövde, Sweden
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Posted 24 Jul 2016 1:01 am
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Finding a place that does chrome plating could take you a while, not many of those around. Especially as you should be looking for hard chrome, not the mainly decorative "soft" plating used on car parts and such. And I would be very surprised if the cost of refinishing a single bar would be less than the price of a new one...
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 24 Jul 2016 4:14 am
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I believe that the plating shop will expect the material to be ready to go: polishing is your job (and if you want a mirror finish, bring them a substrate with a mirror finish. Chrome won't improve the polish).
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Ned McIntosh
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 24 Jul 2016 4:52 am
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Jeremy, try a place that refurbishes aircraft landing-gear struts. The ones on the Cessna 152 and so on are hard-chromed and my local LAME gets them re-chromed to keep the 152s going. See what you can dig up at Jandakot, there's bound to be someone there who can put you onto the right people.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2016 6:00 am
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I have an idea that the re-chroming will cost you more than a new bar.
Are you emotionally involved with that bar?  |
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Jeremy Threlfall
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now in Western Australia
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Posted 24 Jul 2016 5:28 pm
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Not attached to this bar at all, came with a s/h steel that I bought 5 years ago (that was also shagged out!). Sounds like it's not a goer, as I expected. Have learned a few new facts - didn't know about the polishing thing. Guitar tech for Zenith Music here in Perth is a retired aircraft engineer, Ned, I'll ask him about the hard chroming (didn't know there was a difference there, either). So, thanks for all the new knowledge
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2016 6:42 am
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I had a BJS bar that I used for years and years. The chrome started to wear thin on the butt end. I told BJS about it and they sent me a new bar. Bill said that they had some chroming done at one time that they weren't too happy with it and that was the reason for the exchange, now that's service!  |
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Jeremy Threlfall
From:
now in Western Australia
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2016 7:31 am
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Jeremy,
That's the way to go!! |
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