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Rabdul06

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polish or Chrome..?
« on: April 03, 2008, 10:55 PM »
Hmmm - Pro Class rims 20+ years old etc, few scrapes and grazes, been about a bit..... What would give the best finish?
Chrome them or polish the beejeezus out of them? Or even leave them as they are?
your ideas please....

Offline oberonspacefruit

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Re: polish or Chrome..?
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2008, 10:57 PM »
if you polish them, it will be cheaper to chome them.

most of the cost is in the polishing.
I want to touch ORB

Rabdul06

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Re: polish or Chrome..?
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2008, 11:06 PM »
OK but will chroming cover up the scratches and dings or will they have to be polished out? They arent too bad but I have some NOS chrome suzue hubs on their way and wanted the whole thing to look good.
Surely (no 'dont call me shirly' jokes here please  ;D) chroming them will 'fill in' any scratches but polishing them will remove the metal which aint good....
« Last Edit: April 03, 2008, 11:08 PM by Rabdul06 »

Offline oberonspacefruit

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Re: polish or Chrome..?
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2008, 11:13 PM »
you have to polishit so it "looks" like it would do when it is chromed. what you see is what you get.
I want to touch ORB

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