MK15diver wrote:dukenougat3d wrote:I've done may a BAR replate, I wonder how they stay in business actually. The plating in those pics is riddled with bubbles...or they are very low quality pictures....can't really tell.
I finally managed to maintain steady contact with bruce over at bar plating and finally paid for my cans back, apologized for my incessant questions (me being as young as I am are not used to doing business that doesn't take the form of pressing a 'buy it now' button
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These are the pics he sent me of the finished result. Looks good to me, but I'm not anywhere near an expert on judging chrome quality. Also I'm a bit nervous about how and what he did about the mushroom valve seat, which is where the most corrosion was. I should have asked for pics of that area, but I was already beginning to bother him with my questions, so now I gotta cross my fingers and hope for the best!
Typically when they re-chrome something they strip off the existing chrome, nickle and copper finish and redue it. This removes alll corrosion sense corrosion is a surface thing anyway.
True...but the real worth of a restorative plater is his ability to fix the effects of corrosion, damage, age, etc. For the record, USD didn't copper plate. Of all the regs I've done I haven't seen copper under the nickel. I'm not sure about Healthways. About 95% of the time it takes me to do a job is mostly repair; soldering holes, repairing cracks, filling in surface corrosion, hammering out dents and bent horns, making sure all the lines are correct and then polishing to a mirror finish. The plating itself takes literally minutes
MK15diver wrote:Douchebag wrote:Thanks for the kind words. Like i said, I'm THINKING about it. I've done may a BAR replate, I wonder how they stay in business actually. The plating in those pics is riddled with bubbles...or they are very low quality pictures....can't really tell.
Here's some questions for you guys:
1. turn around time would be longer. What's acceptable to you?
2. The cost would go up. (more of a statement than a question)
3. in the beginning there would only be shiny chrome available. Satin would have to come later as I would need to re-formulate.Would this deter you?
Acceptable time for me would be maybe 4-6 weeks or depending on your time frame.
Cost increase is not an issue as your work is worth it.
Shiny chrome, satin chrome and gold plating too if you can? I want to do a two-tone regulator.
Can't do gold. I promised Bryan I wouldn't do another reg in gold. If it's a grey area we'll have to discuss with Bryan. But other plates might be do-able. I did a non-mag for Ron and one in black chrome for somebody (name escapes me right now. I'm old. Blome)...custom finishes wouldn't be out of the realm of reason. But as the name suggests, "custom" means mo money. It's like the old adage, "Speed costs money. How fast you want to go?"
Like I said...I'm thinking right now.