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Offline markyp

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re chrome question?
« on: January 26, 2009, 06:05 PM »
is it possible to fill in any dents or dings before a re chrome or wont the chrome take to the filler?anybody know any decent chromers? :daumenhoch:
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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2009, 07:05 PM »
i am 99% sure its a no mate , same as powder coating...

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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2009, 07:42 PM »

you can build up the dent with a brazing rod and oxy-acetylene then file and sand to the correct profile  :daumenhoch:

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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2009, 08:07 PM »
I've got a set of araya 7b's i need to do this with - anyone had any experience doing this or know someone on here who can do it  :-\
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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2009, 08:22 PM »
I have 1 pair of 7 b's too and they need a fair bit of work, just don't know if they are salvageable ???

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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2009, 08:45 PM »
seems like chromes a piggin mare!!!back to the drawing  board!!cheers chaps :daumenhoch:
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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2009, 08:51 PM »
I have 1 pair of 7 b's too and they need a fair bit of work, just don't know if they are salvageable ???

seems like chromes a piggin mare!!!back to the drawing  board!!cheers chaps :daumenhoch:

I toyed with the idea of using an off-the-shelf metal filling compound, sanding it down to shape and then getting the rims proffesionaly sprayed in a chrome or metalic silver with a candy blue or red over or just a metalic blue or red straight on first, to try and give an anodised look but i don't know if this would work - any one else sprayed rims to try and achieve an anodised look ?  ???
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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2009, 09:11 PM »
There is a product called LabMetal which is a metal based filler that can be shaped once set.... and according to the instructions you can chrome plate it  :daumenhoch:

Google it to check it out guys

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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2009, 09:13 PM »
Here's the link fellas:  http://www.lab-metal.co.uk/?page=uses

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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2009, 09:17 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2009, 09:19 PM »
can someone have a go with that stuff and let me know :2funny:
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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2009, 09:27 PM »
can someone have a go with that stuff and let me know :2funny:

I might just do that  :LolLolLolLol:

To be honest this is very similar to some of the products i've been looking at, there's a few out there - I just didn't know if any of them could be chromed. It would be nice to know of someone who has used it and had chrome applied before spending your hard earned at the chromers only to find out that they look lovely apart from the filled blobs where the chrome didn't take  :-[

Hmmmm..... Still don't know whether to fill and chrome or fill and spray  :-\
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« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2009, 12:33 PM »
Have a word with the chromers, maybe they can help you out with filling the dents

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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2009, 12:39 PM »

you can build up the dent with a brazing rod and oxy-acetylene then file and sand to the correct profile  :daumenhoch:
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this will only work on frames as they will take the heat , for dents in wheels can you get behind the dent to work it out ?

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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2009, 03:07 PM »

you can build up the dent with a brazing rod and oxy-acetylene then file and sand to the correct profile  :daumenhoch:
this will only work on frames as they will take the heat , for dents in wheels can you get behind the dent to work it out ?

Thing is they're more like little chunks missing rather than dents that can be tapped out  :LolLolLolLol:
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« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2009, 03:10 PM »

in that case you are fecked  :D  maybe you could be the pioneer of this miracle metal filler , taking one for the team and all that   :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: re chrome question?
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2009, 03:48 PM »
in that case you are fecked  :D  maybe you could be the pioneer of this miracle metal filler , taking one for the team and all that   :LolLolLolLol:

Looks like you're right  :(

I'll let you know how i get on  :LolLolLolLol:
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« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2009, 03:51 PM »

that's what we like to see , a team player...........GO TEAM !!

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« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2009, 04:07 PM »

that's what we like to see , a team player...........GO TEAM !!
whoop whoop!i like guinea pigs!!! show us the results!!! :daumenhoch:
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