A touch of luxury with Chrome

Acquire A Touch of Luxury with Chrome.

Chrome always impresses with its smooth finish. But look how fantastic it is with its mirrored

finish.

Chrome-plate your dash, grill, door handles, mirrors and it will transform your car into a

spectacular show piece.

Real electroplating (copper, nickel, chrome) on plastic involves many complicated processes of

many steps. Isn’t it reassuring to learn that we have over 42 years of experience in chroming on

plastic and fibreglass? Could you get excited about that?

Own a masterpiece

Yes People At Chrometech Help You Own A Masterpiece.

You have probably searched in Google, car forums, looked through car magazines to find an alternative to chrome “look-alike”
We believe that you are aware that it is very difficult but possible to electroplate on plastic and fibreglass.
The basic problem in attempting to electroplate onto plastic is, they are electrically non-conductive. We need to apply a conductive paint because plastic cannot be immersed in a plating solution and coated in the same way that metal can.
We have nearly 45 years experience in electroplating.
If you want some information on “How to” feel free to get in contact with us.
You can read our articles on our website.

Novel approach to re-chroming die-cast

Our novel approach to re-chroming die-cast:

1. Stripping off the loose (peeling) electroplated surface either by electro chemical reverse current or wet &dry sanding.
2. A light bead blasting to assure that all the cavities are clean.
3. Etch prime (preferably two pack).
4. High (two pack.
5. Rub back the original contours with wet & dry. (Finishing off with # 1200) Should you have the need to re-apply the High fill, you must re-coat the rubbed through die-cast surfaces with Etch primer.

1 – 5 is the labour of Love. This is the part that you do yourself or find someone that really really cares for you to do. It is not that I am lazy and we will do it if money is no object. The problem is that it is difficult to judge how long the preparation work will take and therefore I can’t quote or if I do quote it is just too expensive.

I then coat the article to be chrome-plated with a thin acrylic resin, make it conductive and subsequently chrome-plate. The acrylic resin will stop the di-electric interchange between the base copper coat and the die-cast.

You are more than welcome to give me a call or e-mail me concerning the above

Re-chroming die-cast has always been a bugger.

At Chrometech we tell you how to pre treat the die-cast before chrome-plating

Chrome-plating the second time around after it has been pitted is rarely successful.

Reasons being: As you polish or grind the pits away you are removing the fine crystal structure of the die-cast. The more you polish or grind away the top surface, the coarser the grain structure becomes. During the electroplating process, this coarse grain structure allows more of the electroplating chemicals to penetrate the die-cast. This then will cause gassing and you could experience the bubbling effect of the chrome-plating in matters of days. Building up the craters with copper, in most cases is not successful. Not only do you have the issues with the process chemicals being trapped but the di-electrical properties between copper and zinc will accelerate the corrosion.

Tomorrow I will write about our novel approach to re-chroming die-cast.

What Everybody Should Know... About How To Chrome-plate On Plastic.

As you might not know, electroplating or chroming on plastic and fiberglass is possible. Gain

advantage of our Chrome-plating services at Chrometech.

Now, I know what you are thinking. I have been searching for chroming on plastic and fiberglass

for years and everyone tells me that it is impossible to electroplate on plastic.

Wow! How untrue.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to show off all that shine and gain prestige?

Don't you feel that you deserve nothing but the best?