Thanks, Robert;
Looks like Nu-Chrome is still there!
http://www.nu-chrome.com/index.htm
I'll check it out!
Powder-coating can come out looking like chrome plate??
Dave
---- "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It's easy to criticize the EPA and all that, the truth is - chrome plating
> is nasty business from several perspectives. I used to go to chrome shops
> where they had guys running buffers and they were wearing absolutely no
> protection whatsoever. I'm certain that there were lots of cases of upper
> respiratory problems with those workers! The heavy metal dust is just one
> problem. All the vats have wicked nasty stuff in them.
>
> But the bottom line is that most _states_ have clamped down on these
> joints. In the late 80's to early 90's, virtually all the plating business
> left MA because the state created a trust fund for waste cleanup from
> abadonned plating factories. The last plating I had in MA (90-ish), the
> shop wanted close to 2X the price I had paid for the same job only about 2
> years prior. After that, a lot of the shops closed and moved to RI or CT.
> There was one in MA called NuChrome, Fall River, I think, and he was
> pretty good. He even DELIVERED my completed parts to me for no delivery
> charge. But I heard his business is in trouble mostly due to what appears
> to be a poor business plan. I think he'd planned on his son taking over
> and the son was either incompetent or uninterested... either way, he
> started having probs delivering completed jobs as of a few years ago. Not
> sure if that's turned around.
>
> But the answer to your question is that you're likely going to have so
> send your stuff out to get the plating done.
>
> If you're not going for concours... what about powder-coating??
>
> Also, check with the street rod crowd - they're still pretty big on
> chrome. Custom bikes are too. But some of those guys are insane and they
> don't think twice about dropping $25k on chrome for a project. Really!
>
> Good luck!
> rml
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