Thanks for the offer Tony - I still have not got a set. Can you rechrome die cast metal or how do you bring them back up? I can get chroming done here and if that would work I would be happy to do a deal with you.
Paul.
Yes, die cast can be re chromed but due to the often poor condition of the parts it can be an expensive process to repair. Essentially the base metal corrodes and bursts out of the plating causing the familiar bubbles that we all know.
It can take quite a bit of labour to repair them by removing the old plating (normal on any job) and having to ensure that all the corrosion is removed by sandblasting clean and then drilling or grinding out each individual corrosion pit with a Dremel or similar.
Filling of these holes with solder or other conductive materials and the replating and subsequent finishing of these usually poor parts is where the time and labour are tied up.
That being said it is far from impossible to get done you just have to find a plater who isn't going to groan as soon as you tell them what you have. Obviously there are platers that do replate this stuff and do it well and those that just don't want to bother with all the hassle. Just got to find em.
Cheers M
