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Post by wayne on Mar 11, 2014 17:20:26 GMT -5
I have a rear guard that has minor to moderate rust damage. I have had it deplated back to bare metal. The rust damage is hard to describe, but I guess it looks like aerial shots of tiny little dry lake beds perhaps a quarter mm deep.
I've had a professional shop do one guard and destroyed it (very apologetic, didn't charge for the work they did on other parts for me but still a bugger).
A chrome shop said that I should copper plate it first and then fill the damage (?).
I've had people tell me that after the repair you'll still see it in the finished chrome.
What is the best way to repair this ?
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Post by goandy on Mar 11, 2014 17:53:22 GMT -5
A good plating shop will copper coat it then you can sand it back to a smooth surface before the Chrome plating. It needs to be a pretty thick so may need a couple of attempts. Tbh a decent plating shop should be able to do the whole lot for you.
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Post by wayne on Mar 11, 2014 18:30:25 GMT -5
Okay, Just worked out what tbh stood for. Thought it might have been a great chromeplater out west........  I'll ask around the plating shops. |
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Post by mike500 on Mar 11, 2014 19:52:08 GMT -5
hi Wayne any decent platers will remove the old chrome blast the metal clean repair any damage then copper plate it and polish it smooth then rechrome it and polish the chrome so it should look like new,most platers prefer the item unstripped i.e old chrome left on as they can remove it better than most people.i have had 4 into 1 exhausts rechromed in the past with scrapes and scrathes in them come back looking like new regards mike
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Post by wayne on Mar 11, 2014 19:58:14 GMT -5
Thanks Mike. The shop that deplated it was asked if they could do something with it but they said that they had to deplate it first. When I called in after the deplating they had no interest in trying any sort of repair work and shook heads when I asked about filling and copper plating etc. They couldn't even suggest a way to fix it.
Obviously not a good plating shop because compared to, for example, what Ziggy brought back to life, it isn't that bad.
I'll go and talk to other shops, it seems from what you and Andy say, this shouldn't be that hard.
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Post by re5rotary on Mar 16, 2014 1:42:31 GMT -5
Hi Wayne we repair rusty old chrome on the cars we restore all the time. Copper is the secret and sometimes it takes a few coats with sanding/polishing in between. Mind you if the pits aren't too deep they may get rid of it in the first polishing of the steel. Occasionally when the pits are really deep they need to be filled with a solder after the first layer of copper, then sanded and coppered again. If done by someone decent you wont see this under the chrome Terry
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Post by wayne on Mar 16, 2014 3:57:22 GMT -5
Thanks Terry. I was at a vintage rally over the weekend and talked to some blokes and it does seem that what you and the others on this thread are saying is simply the way to go. And most importantly, the chrome shop themselves should be able to do it all. I was obviously at the wrong shop.
I also think that your speculation that the damage could go in the first polishing of the steel has some merit, it's not that bad, not that deep. I've been given the name of at lease one Sydney shop that will do the job.
Much appreciate all your suggestions and advice, after getting turned away by the first shop I just assumed that no one would look at it until I fixed it.
Thanks.
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