Rick -- Love British Car, its a great MAG!!!! Now I know who to complain
to when I see one of my rides undervalued. With respect to the chroming --
remember that chrome and welds don't mix well due to the gassing required.
I like to just go with two steps to just the nickel where a lot of weld are
involved (ie motorcycle frames).
Good luck on buying a Triumph but don't lower ther prices in the "value
guide" just so you can get a better deal.
Larry(SPITMAN)
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> From: Rick Feibusch <rfeibusch@loop.com>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Chrome
> Date: Saturday, March 28, 1998 8:16 AM
>
>
> Hi Listers-
>
> Hi - I'm new on the list and don't have a Triumph yet but am getting
> interested. I'm the guy who does the infamous Value Guides for British
Car
> Magazine (American) so you Spitfire and TR7 owners out there know who to
> bitch at!
>
> What I have been led to understand about tripple chrome plating:
>
> Chrome does not adhere to steel very well in the plating process but
copper
> does, so your first layer is copper and it acts like a primer. Chrome
> doesn't stick to copper all that well either but it does stick quite well
> to nickel that does stick to copper, SO, a nickel plate layer is added
> between the copper and the final hard chrome top finishing layer. An
other
> interesting fact is that chrome is so hard and dense that it is near
> impossible to polish after the fact so all of the polishing is done to
the
> bare steel prior to plating and poor prep here will cause a rough or
milky
> surface.
>
> Today it is hard to get proper tripple plating bcause the deadly chemical
> residues left from the copper and nickel "baths" is hard to contain and
> dispose of. Since they have used little real chrome plated parts on cars
> for the last decade, there is less and less call for this service and
most
> platers use only chrome over steel.
>
> And that is why older chromed parts often look better and are more rust
> resistant than new chrome and all of the chrome is peeling off of both of
> my Chevys back bumpers. See you on the Funway!
>
> Rick Feibusch
> Automotive Journalist/Appraiser
> Venice Beach, California
> 310-393-6605
> Fax:396-1933
> 1959 Morris Minor Convertible
> 1960 Morris Minor Saloon
> 1961 Morris Minor Pickup
> 1969 Chevy Malibu Sport Coupe
> 1969 Chevy Malibu Convertible
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