This is a last call for any recommendations as to where I can get dull chrome done correctly....
Having already had all my M20 parts done twice to a poor standard I've pretty much lost confidence in chrome platers...I have found somewhere that say they can do it correctly and their sample looks OK...Hopefully the whole batch will be as good as I've been quoted £450-500 plus vat for everything off the bike and a couple of spare pieces...:grimacing: .Ian
I have had problems with them, but they seem to be getting their act together.
Remember it's the north of England and they don't speak English!
They think a micron is the same as a millimeter as well!
The last frame they did for me was excellent.
Must be about 10 years ago now Ian,
It was Nickel Chrome.
As with most platers, they never wash the plating solution out completely.
Anita comes in rather upset as says "I've washed the chrome off"
I didn't believe her, but no. There was the finest chrome foil everywhere.
The replate was the best I've seen them do.
It looked like electroless Nickle was used for the strike coat as it had overall coverage.
There Anodizing is good, but they have no concept of what hard anodizing is.
Never used them myself, but Quality Chrome seems to be consistent recommended among the motorcycling fraternity. No idea if they do variations on chroming though. https://www.qualitychrome.co.uk/index.php
Ferg...Quality Chrome don't list dull, satin or matt chrome as a service and don't show any in their gallery...
Craig...['Can you share the platers you've found? I'm looking to get my parts done over the winter. Happy to take recommendations...']...
It looks like I'll be using the company I have found...Note that I am after a completely dull and consistently even finish, ie. not satin chrome, not brushed chrome, no 'bright' spots etc...
I won't recommend anyone untried but I plan to post the parts off this week and will share the results here when the parts are returned...Lead time is theoretically 6-8 weeks from reciept of parts but we'll see...I've heard it all before...
As stated in my previous post I've completely lost faith in any platers ability to produce a dull chrome finish correctly having had all my parts plated twice already by people who claimed to be able to do the job but couldn't...Hopefully I won't be p*****g £450-500 plus vat up the wall this time......Ian
I have used Marque Restore as well. Great finish, terrible at communicating. It is very difficult getting hold of them. Visiting them was the best option. Maybe John has better experiences with communication than I had. Haven't used them for 2 years now.
Hi Ian, personally I have always used Hockley Polishing-
https://www.hockleyenterprises.co.uk/
I've always had good results from them. The dull chrome on my M20 was done back in the early nineties and it still cleans up very well.
Cheers. Mick.
Hi Leon
Having had some email issues - I started to communicate with the lady there via watsapp
After this - responses were rapid & informative
She doesn’t work full time there so once I knew this & had established contact with her - I was happy with comms from there on
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