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How much to chrome plate?
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How much is it to have things chrome plated. I have 3 pairs of external door handles, that have holes in for mortice locks. How much is to have them chrome plated. I was quoted £15 each...........thats £90 from a place in salford manchester. And they wanted them for 2-3 weeks a bit excessive I thought. |
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john Smith wrote: How much is it to have things chrome plated. I have 3 pairs of external door handles, that have holes in for mortice locks. How much is to have them chrome plated. I was quoted £15 each...........thats £90 from a place in salford manchester. And they wanted them for 2-3 weeks a bit excessive I thought. It's quite usual for it to cost more to have something plated than the new cost of one factory made. Assuming the ones you have are new, and brass, the lacquer will have to be removed and the metal polished - all very labour intensive. If they are already chrome plated which needs re-doing - or old brass - this just adds to the work. -- *Plagiarism saves time * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:44:31 GMT, "john Smith"
wrote: How much is it to have things chrome plated. One handle. £50 Five handles £50 Fifty handles £50 Fifty thousand handles, £50/hundred It's also hard work to have things re-chromed - the work is simpler and generally better to have them done on new materials. Talk to a motorbike restoration shop. They'll know who is a decent plater and who isn't, and who's friendliest to small orders. If nickel plate will do you, then Caswell sell a pretty good and very simple electroless nickel kit for about £50 |
If nickel plate is the stuff that is not shiny, then yes, that is actually
what I want. I was also thining about spraying them with silver smoothrite, and then giving them a final coating of a clear laquer. Any ideas what this may look like ???????? "Andy Dingley" wrote in message ... On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:44:31 GMT, "john Smith" wrote: How much is it to have things chrome plated. One handle. £50 Five handles £50 Fifty handles £50 Fifty thousand handles, £50/hundred It's also hard work to have things re-chromed - the work is simpler and generally better to have them done on new materials. Talk to a motorbike restoration shop. They'll know who is a decent plater and who isn't, and who's friendliest to small orders. If nickel plate will do you, then Caswell sell a pretty good and very simple electroless nickel kit for about £50 |
"john Smith" wrote in message ... If nickel plate is the stuff that is not shiny, then yes, that is actually what I want. Nickel is more yellow than chrome and less durable. It is usually used as an undercoat to chrome and, on the best work, is itself undercoated with copper. If you don't want it shiny, chrome is available as a matt finish. For a one-off including preparation, the quotes you have seem quite reasonable. Colin Bignell |
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writes Hello, How much is it to have things chrome plated. I have 3 pairs of external door handles, that have holes in for mortice locks. How much is to have them chrome plated. I was quoted £15 each...........thats £90 from a place in salford manchester. And they wanted them for 2-3 weeks Chrome plating has become a lot more expensive since the introduction of very stiff EU laws -- geoff |
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"john Smith" wrote in message ... If nickel plate is the stuff that is not shiny, then yes, that is actually what I want. Nickel is more yellow than chrome and less durable. It is usually used as an undercoat to chrome and, on the best work, is itself undercoated with copper. If you don't want it shiny, chrome is available as a matt finish. I actually think its more durable. And a nicer color. Used a lot on musical instruments is nickel plating. Yer banjo would most likely be nickel plated, for example... For a one-off including preparation, the quotes you have seem quite reasonable. Colin Bignell |
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... nightjar nightjar@ wrote: "john Smith" wrote in message ... If nickel plate is the stuff that is not shiny, then yes, that is actually what I want. Nickel is more yellow than chrome and less durable. It is usually used as an undercoat to chrome and, on the best work, is itself undercoated with copper. If you don't want it shiny, chrome is available as a matt finish. I actually think its more durable. Chromium is both harder and more chemical resistant than nickel. Its main failing is that it is brittle, which means it will flake if used on a base that can flex. That, however, is a failure of the design, rather than of the plating. Colin Bignell |
"john Smith" wrote in message ... Hello, How much is it to have things chrome plated. I have 3 pairs of external door handles, that have holes in for mortice locks. How much is to have them chrome plated. I was quoted £15 each...........thats £90 from a place in salford manchester. If this is the sam place I had some motorbike parts plated they did a crap job, it didn`t last long and peeled off in parts. And they wanted them for 2-3 weeks a bit excessive I thought. |
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writes "john Smith" wrote in message ... Hello, How much is it to have things chrome plated. I have 3 pairs of external door handles, that have holes in for mortice locks. How much is to have them chrome plated. I was quoted £15 each...........thats £90 from a place in salford manchester. If this is the sam place I had some motorbike parts plated they did a crap job, it didn`t last long and peeled off in parts. Poor preparation then -- geoff |
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:00:38 +0100, nightjar wrote
(in message ): Chromium is both harder and more chemical resistant than nickel. Its main failing is that it is brittle, which means it will flake if used on a base that can flex. That, however, is a failure of the design, rather than of the plating. Years ago I think I read somewhere that chrome is porous and so if used alone on steel/iron it will rust eventually. Nickel plating IIRC, is not porous and so can be used to protect steel/iron more successfully. The best thing IIRC for parts of cars/motorcycles being restored was to nickel plate and then chrome plate on top of that. Anyway I could have remembered this completely wrongly so someone with more knowledge than me would be able to clarify the thing :) Personally I've never had anything chrome plated but if I did want to chrome plate something I think I'd enquire with classic car/motorcycle restoration people because they do it a lot. There is very likely a newsgroup for classic vehicle restoration or something. Might be worth a try. -- Patrick |
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"patrick j" wrote in message . com... On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:00:38 +0100, nightjar wrote (in message ): Chromium is both harder and more chemical resistant than nickel. Its main failing is that it is brittle, which means it will flake if used on a base that can flex. That, however, is a failure of the design, rather than of the plating. Years ago I think I read somewhere that chrome is porous and so if used alone on steel/iron it will rust eventually. Nickel plating IIRC, is not porous and so can be used to protect steel/iron more successfully. The best thing IIRC for parts of cars/motorcycles being restored was to nickel plate and then chrome plate on top of that. Copper / nickel / chrome is the traditional system. Copper to adhere well and to give a good base for the nickel, nickel to provide a flexible white base and chrome to protect the nickel from discolouration. You can get nickel plating solutions that adhere without the copper coat, but IME if you want a really durable finish, you still have to have the copper undercoat, even on brass. .... Personally I've never had anything chrome plated but if I did want to chrome plate something I think I'd enquire with classic car/motorcycle restoration people because they do it a lot. There is very likely a newsgroup for classic vehicle restoration or something. Might be worth a try. It is not too difficult to find platers who do chromium plating, although the toxicity of the chemicals used, and the consequent problems of disposal, means that the number is reducing. Colin Bignell |
"raden" wrote in message ... In message , Yekal writes "john Smith" wrote in message ... Hello, How much is it to have things chrome plated. I have 3 pairs of external door handles, that have holes in for mortice locks. How much is to have them chrome plated. I was quoted £15 each...........thats £90 from a place in salford manchester. If this is the sam place I had some motorbike parts plated they did a crap job, it didn`t last long and peeled off in parts. Poor preparation then This company said chroming was a job they do all the time and did all the prep and finish, two of the items were spoilt, as they were made of alloy and came back partly disolved. -- geoff |
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