Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: chrome and steel wool

Author: Ian Adkins

Date: Dec 7, 2001, 11:10 AM

Post ID: 1709100042


Hey All,

Someone mentioned once that you could adhere a very thin piece of stainless
to the "cheek" thus simulating chrome.

Anyone want to comment on this?

Regards....Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Bowes <kk-@home.com>
To: Loopfram-@topica.com <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Date: December 7, 2001 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: chrome and steel wool


 
John,

No it will not. If the panels are dull, it is because of scratching of
their surface. Kepp in mind that the appearance of chrome plate is
largely due to the surface preparation of the copper and nickel that are
underneath the chrome. Unless the nickel is buffed up to its final
luster prior to depositing the chrome the result will be a
less-than-mirror-like shine.

The reason that you can't simply go back and repolish the old chromed
surface is beacause the actual "chrome" layer is so thin that it would
be removed by doing so. This would leave the underlying nickel exposed,
and it would soon tarnish. (Which is probably what you are seeing now.)
Sorry to say, but the only solution is to live with the dullness or have
the tank replated. If you do go for "plan B", make sure you tell the
plater that the only part of the tank that really needs to be buffed is
where the "cheeks" are. It's the buffing that creates most of the work,
and hence expense.
John Sutton wrote:
 Would this work on 30 year old dull but not rusted tank panels as well?
John S.
73.5 Eldo Civ.

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