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Chrome Pot Metal Step by Step Restoration.Can it be done?

Chrome and Car Restoration

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These trims are over 75 years old and are made from Pot metal / Mazac / Zinc Alloy / Monkey Metal.

Whatever you call it, the material is poor quality. It is terrible to work with but you can see how we do our best to restore these and chrome them. Hopefully we can make them so they are useable again.

Can we get a good finish on these heavily pitted parts? Watch and find out

If you need your chrome restoring please contact us:

Marque Restore Chrome Plating
2 Dutton Road
Aldermans Green Industrial Estate
Coventry
Tel - 02476 622 225

Email - sales@marquerestore.co.uk
www.marquerestore.co.uk

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:33 Stripping the Old Plating
03:26 Polishing
08:55 Laser Cleaning
09:44 Copper Plating
12:25 Copper Mopping
14:21 Nickel and Chrome plating
17:06 Inspection and Finished

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20 Comments

@ChromeandCarRestoration Creator 2 years ago Pinned

Thanks for watching the video.

We have already restored the front bumper from this '48 Oldsmobile here is a link to the video https://youtu.be/BaVulG5wJYg

Here is a video of some mazak parts we rechromed for another customer a while ago https://youtu.be/0oYNgYZ1kU4

@garymucher4082 2 years ago

WOW, such a huge labor intensive process. I can understand why they cost so much to have replated now... Thumbs Up and great work!

@jayh9635 1 year ago

I showed this video to a customer with a 64 Lincoln Continental as to why is was $15,000+ to re chrome everything on his car!
He didn't complain after watching. Thank you! Its very labor intensive but it definitely helps to see what all goes into it!

@SuperBossman9 2 years ago

Your polisher has some incredible skill, a good part of the final outcome is in the polishing. I can see why electroplating is so expensive nowadays, here in NZ so many shops have closed down especially with tighter environmental restrictions. Beautiful work I wish you were local to me.

@CraigMcLean-w4e 5 months ago

I am so pleased to see that this type of precision work is still being done in England.

@nstooge 2 years ago

I really enjoy watching skilled craftsmen doing their job/s so well.

@spyroscharalambidis7907 2 years ago (edited)

Very conscientious about their work, they don't cut corners!
I've been into one of these workshops in Athens some 40 years ago, I needed some minor work to be done on my 1974 Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300. I was amazed at the working conditions, the smell of all these chemicals was something else. These people are heroes, they fully deserve the fees they charge!

@machineman6498 2 years ago (edited)

Thank you for showing realistic results with very pitted metal.

@pkf4124 1 year ago

I used to polish metal for a living in a couple different engineering companies, this brings back memories. Surprising how much upper arm strength I gained from years of doing it.

@cnkcivil7895 1 month ago

Fantastic Video mate, People do not realize just how much work goes into each part. Its a credit to you and your team. Old school machines and tooling are the best.

@gerardfenn3988 1 month ago

Watched this 1 year ago and it sure deserves another look see. You sure do such a Professional Job. Just as Great a Job as the First Go Around. Amazing Restoration. I've seen that cheap metal on the cars back in the day and they sure loved to use that crap. Good that they did though, it keeps you busy. Thanks Again for the Video and now to watch the bumper being restored.

@lukesutton8918 1 year ago

Wow what an incredible job. That whole process looks like another one of those jobs that’s a dying trade that’s really a form of art. True craftsmanship.

@brucebarker6272 1 year ago

I've had loads of rechroming done over the years, and am always amazed at the process. Here in California, laws have made it virtually impossible to do a proper job, so we're forced to choose between less-than (but still expensive) quality, or shipping parts out of state. Beautiful job on those Olds pieces, especially given the awful shape they were in!

@pedrolanhas4120 2 years ago

This is the best electroplating vídeo/ explanation I have seen so far. I simply have an “obsession” for polishing stuff since I was a kid. I am 59 now.
Here in Portugal it took me years to find an excellent chrome service.
Your knowledge and experience make me want to fly over there just to meet the company in person. Thank you for the kind video without “hiding the secrets”
It sure shows us why we have to pay what is due to such a work and knowledge .

@ponkkaa 2 years ago

Wow! What a lengthy process. I'm amazed at the amount of work needed to produce a chrome finish. Nicely narrated too.

@trevorchambers1812 1 year ago

Having had stuff plated in the past and winced at the cost, seeing the process involved justifies the expense. I naively imagined it all getting hung in the baths and done as a batch, the individual repeated polishing and cleaning cycles are the real skill. Good to know this is going on in what was one of our major automotive centres too.

@mannywilliams6409 1 year ago

Brings back memories. Spent 13 years working in a plating shop, so I know quality work when I see it! Aces.

@kingofcastlechaos 5 months ago (edited)

That was very educational. I bet the landlord is going to wish they had asked for a MUCH larger deposit whenever this shop moves out! Stay safe guys.

@blablah3167 1 year ago

There s nothing better than an old man giving visual infos, tips and tricks and an awesome accent : )

@LarryMcNeely-me4px 1 year ago

This takes me back to the 12 years I spent in the industry, same tanks, same old equipment, but we had to maintain the run off better, being in California.