Trevor Boicey wrote:
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> mga wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > As I get down to the details on my '73 B GT, one of them is the central air
> > inlet on the dash. Originally, there was chrome finish as a highlight
> > around the vents. Now its half worn off.
> >
> > There is a firm in Texas that advertises in Hemmings to do plastic plating.
> > Does anyone have any experience with this or any suggestions?
>
> I have no experience, but Caswell Plating sells kits
> to do this:
>
> http://www.caswellplating.com/
>
> Essentially, you coat the plastic with a conductive
> powder, and then plate that.
I used to "chrome" plastic model parts in the bell-jar of the vacuum system
in the lab I worked in back in 1964. I just would pump the system way down
with the part loaded on a spindle in the middle of the jar and the source
for the metal out near the side of the jar. I would turn the part by using a
magnet outside the jar to attract another magnet on a bar hooked to the
spindle inside the jar. Then I would apply current to the filament with the
silver or gold or aluminum mounted on it. The metal would evaporate, coating
the part. I used a clear spray to protect the surface.
The system was very primitive but it did great work.
-Rock
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