NEWS BLOG 9/29/2009

News blog has returned to normal. After a brief encounter with some "enhancement" drug spammers we have officially flushed out the bastards. Sorry for any confusion, if you missed it, it was quite a riot there for a minute.

Back to the business of Chrome!

-Triangle
death to all spammers!

We do plating on almost anything that can be plated. However we do not do plating on wheels. There are plating companies that specialize in doing wheels. They have the anode fixtures made for almost any kind of wheel made. They do over 10,000 wheels a month!! We do parts that need special attention. Such as on classic and custom motorcycles and cars.   We strip the parts down to bare metal and polish them out to a mirror finish. Then we copper plate them. If the parts are particularly bad we will put an heavy acid copper on them and buff the copper to fill in pits or make a foundation for soldering fractures and cracks. Depending how badly deteriorated will determine how many times we will have to acid copper plate a part. Sometimes parts are in such bad shape that it is almost impossible to get them pit free. Of course with enough money almost anything can be done. In most cases it is better to find parts that are in fairly good shape before spending money on having them plated. Sometimes I will have a customer bring in some badly pitted pot metal and I will explain to them that it is almost impossible to get all the pits out. The parts will require repeated acid copper plating and polishing to fill in the pits. Each time a part is copper plated and buffed it takes time and materiel. That is why a part like a hood ornament can cost from $80 to $1800 or more. It just depends on the shape it is in.    So if you want to get something chrome plated, especially pot metal, try to find good parts to start with. The 1952 Pontiac hood ornament seen above cost over $250 to do. And it is still not quite perfect.

Quite often I get calls to do wheels. I do not do wheels because they require a specific anode fixture that is designed for each wheel configuration. There are places that specialize in doing wheels. They may do as many as 10,000 wheels a month and have large automatic lines for stripping, polishing and plating wheels. It would not be practical for us to try and compete with their assembly line operations.
Our specialty is doing custom designed parts and restoration of non replaceable parts. I get customers who come in and ask why we charge more than some other platers.
When you want the best you have to pay for it. We put more effort into our polishing making sure to get out all the flaws and grinding marks that can possibly be gotten out. We may have to copper plate a part several times mush buffing it between each copper plating. Every time we copper plate a part it is in the copper plating tank for several hours. Some parts need to be soldered and copper plated repeatedly to repair flaws and cracks. Particularly when working with pot metal. The low temperature rods and fluxes for this type of work is very expensive.
All this adds up to more time and expense. But it is the only way to make the parts look good.
I am currently working on a rotted out window frame and very corroded pot metal trim parts. When I am done I will be posting the before, during and after pictures of them.

We accept MASTER CARD and VISA and PAYPAL

Click on the blue and pink "FLIKR" icon seen throughout our site, it will show you many pictures of our work before and after plating. Please leave any comments or questions on what you see. Clicking on the "ORANGE B" which can also be seen throughout our site, you will go to our blog. There I will gladly share with you what I know about plating, polishing and tips on how to maintain them. I can also explain a lot of plating myths and misinformation that seems get around.

A few old shovel head parts chrome plated. The trans plate has been modified to fit a custom oil filter location. This is some more of Jammer Joints handy work. We will be putting some pictures of the bike on our site when it is complete.

We accept VISA MASTER CARD and PAYPAL We are slowly but surely catching up. This is a job we just completed. Aa rear axle and roll bar for a dragster. I hope to get some pictures for our site when the car is completed. If you want to see more of our work click on the blue and pink "FLIKR" icon which is located throughout out website or at the lower left of this page.

We have pretty well resolved our electrical problems. Feel free to call us about anything that you are interested in having plated. We have lost a little time and may take a little longer than usual to get your parts done. We are putting the extra time and effort to catch up. Be assured we will not compromise on our quality one bit.
We can now accept Master Card and Visa

We have pretty well resolved our electrical problems. We are ready to start accepting work for plating. Since we have been down for a few weeks it will take us a little longer than usual to get your parts done. We are putting in the extra time it takes to catch up. Feel free to call and ask about anything you are interested in having plated.

We are currently experiencing some electrical problems. We hope to have them resolved in a few days. In the mean time we ask our customers to not try and drop by or deliver any parts. We have been in and out of the shop getting the parts to do our repairs and may not be there to receive your work.
As soon as we are up and running again we will be working 24/7 to get all of your parts done.
Feel free to call us if you have any questions. Thank you for your patience.