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02-03-2020, 10:03 AM | #1 |
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Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Read somewhere there is a chrome shop that uses the old style dull nickel .
I have a NOS 33-34 roadster windshield frame [std-painted] that I want to plate and some trim pieces also . Thanks Dave |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
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Just do a Yellow page search for chrome platers in your area. Bet you will find one within 50 miles.
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02-03-2020, 10:26 AM | #3 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Sorry bout not being more clear here .
I am looking for the chrome shop that I read about that uses dull nickel in the plating process . Look at a original 34 grille and you will see the non-polished areas are dull grey . That is what I seek . |
02-03-2020, 12:33 PM | #4 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Sorry, but I and I suspect many others do not have an "original 34 grille" to look at but have you in fact contacted any platers to see what they offer?
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02-03-2020, 10:46 AM | #5 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Hard for anyone else to know what or where you may have read something...
There is a house in Madison that has a variety of restoration finishes - including nickel. I've seen his work at the Jefferson meet several times. Worth a call: Madison Custom Polishing and Plating - John Allen, owner 608 273-1929
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02-03-2020, 11:19 AM | #6 |
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02-03-2020, 11:29 AM | #7 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
I think you want Butler Nickle plating. http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/butlerfinish.htm
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02-03-2020, 11:51 AM | #8 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
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Looks like the nickel plating that Ford used in the '30s is something of a secret shared by too few. Unfortunately, when they shifted from dull to bright nickel, the demand fell for the former version to the point of near non-existence. We replicate the effect of chrome over unpolished dull nickel, such as on the sides of '34-'37 grille bars, etc., mechanically, Fewer that 5% of the restored grilles on '34-'37s that are shown at V8 Club national meets have the correct finish. Less than 1% of the restored '33 grilles that I see have completely dull grille bars as original. |
02-03-2020, 01:03 PM | #9 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
You add brightener to the plating solution.
Even zinc comes out very dull without brightener. That said platers would probably charge a high rate if they have to change the mix of the plating solution for a few pieces... You have to come together for a group buy ?? |
02-03-2020, 01:13 PM | #10 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Yes, it requires a dedicated tank at the platers and that gets expensive in a hurry for just a few items. Some years ago the two premier platers in Toronto knew the correct finish for the subject grilles and both of them had a dedicated tank for the dull nickel and they would only pre-chrome polish the surround and the leading edges of the bars, just like Ford did back in the day, which adds a whole extra buffing round They were small shops and you paid for the privilege, but boy, do I miss them (RIP).
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02-03-2020, 02:07 PM | #11 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
We do maintenance for this chrome shop ,To get the affect we bead blast the bars then just polish the fronts ,a friend needed a wiper motor the supplier in the states didn't have his Chromer any more so he sent down to this Chrome shop then back for assemble ,
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02-03-2020, 04:38 PM | #12 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
St. Louis plating will plate dull nickel, they are on Franklin Ave. They have plated several things for me in dull nickel.
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02-03-2020, 05:20 PM | #13 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Jon Wright Custom Chrome Plating can do it in Grafton Ohio. 440 926 3116
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02-05-2020, 03:28 PM | #14 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
This is where it is headed .
After talking with Jon I am comfortable with his shop doing the plating . I'll let you know how it turns out . Thanks for all the good info as it was nice to actually have a clue . Unlike the first shop I called . |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
This is who did it and I also sent some of the roadster stuff . Excellent results and it is NOT the blue hue of modern chrome . Jon did say I started with probably the nicest windshield frame he's done . Those that had been to Mikes house saw it hanging on the living room wall with it's part number tag on it . Painted black as it was a standard .
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02-03-2020, 05:38 PM | #16 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Good to know; thanks. The Grafton plater has an excellent reputation among classic era car restorers. However, given that clientele, they are also known as being very pricey.
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02-03-2020, 05:38 PM | #17 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Thanks all for the guidance . Thought it was here that I read about this . I will post how it goes .
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02-03-2020, 07:08 PM | #18 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Who's the guy at Hershey who does the Butler nickel? I think he's really into old Buicks.
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02-03-2020, 07:15 PM | #19 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Good point; that's what a Butler finish is, namely chrome over unpolished nickel. Three more examples are '32-'34 accelerator pedals, '32-'37 cowl vent lever handles, and the lower two-thirds of '32-'35 hand brake handles.
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02-03-2020, 07:17 PM | #20 |
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Re: Chrome shop using dull nickel .
Brite Metals in Franklin KY used to be able to do it years ago... Who knows if they still do/can
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