Author Topic: I can feel a rad-bmx chrome shop on the horizon (Read 1069 times)

steve · « **on:** April 23, 2006, 12:06 AM »

http://freepages.pavilion.net/nickfull/chrome.htm

Zippy · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2006, 12:19 AM »

Yeah, hang on I'll just set one up in the woodshed.

danny silverstreak · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2006, 12:32 AM »

Black chrome can also be plated in the same way and still have similar characteristics to the bright chrome. For aesthetic or anti-reflective applications, it may be preferable in some cases. I have not yet used it, but the formula is as follows

ITS LEARY TIME

steve · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2006, 12:39 AM »

Quote from: Zippy on April 23, 2006, 12:19 AM

Yeah, hang on I'll just set one up in the woodshed.

quite true, -the biggest thing being chromed would be a frame

-plus the 25 rinse tanks

-and the poloshing machines

lazychubs · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2006, 01:04 PM »

and the smell of it all rots ya lungs out
the stuff is evil lol but very shiny at the end lol

FuNMoNsTeR · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2006, 12:44 AM »

I looked into this myself a few months ago... The chemicals involved and subsequent waste products are not nice.

Jazzchimp · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:37 AM »

we just need rubber gloves

Superkav · « **Reply #7 on:** April 27, 2006, 12:33 PM »

the waste products include haxavalient chromium which i belive is the very stuff that poisoned lots of people in the US. Erin Brocovitch stylee. Home chroming..you're gonna lose the function of you pen15 for sure

diesel · « **Reply #8 on:** April 27, 2006, 03:43 PM »

I've sourced a pretty good chrome shop in the south east.

It might be worth while trying to get a fixed price list from them.

Sorry I won't give out the details because I'm only just building up a repertoire with them so I don't want anyone messing things up.

But if there's sufficent stuff and we could sort out some network for shipping stuff, it could possibly work, certainly a lot cheaper to do bulk then one offs.