I have always complained about the cost of re-chroming. After watching the staggering amount of labor required for a good finish, I will never complain again.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment.

@robertwest3093

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Ninety percent of a good chrome job is in the prep work. The chrome only looks as good as what is underneath it.

@TheDrOnsberg

Жыл бұрын

No pricing is too high for a set like those - now the real cost is restoring the rest of the car to match.

@johnagauci3223

Жыл бұрын

Sixpackdan, I was just thinking the exact same thing, WOW, I am very impressed ,

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDrOnsberg Absolutely right. You cannot cover up poor prep with plating. It highlights any defects.

I never realized how much work was involved in rechroming a part. These guys are a dying breed.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@dirtmcgirt8240

4 ай бұрын

Literally. In the states, the epa is putting a hurting on chrome plating shops as well.

Given the chemicals involved, it's evident why this craft is somewhat of a dying art. What incredible attention to detail and fine craftsmanship on display here.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment

Gosh this takes me back in time and nothing changed. My ole fella had an Electro Plating business in the 70s. I became a metal polisher at 14 yrs skived off school always getting him into trouble. Retired around 10 years ago . Good memorys cold mornings long days.

@StepDub

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Started when I was 19 quit at 40. A tough job combining skills and strength. Watching this I could smell the plating shop and get the taste of the metal dust. :)

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Not many of us polishers and platers left now.

As an electrician I had to 'fix' power in a number of chroming shops and I have to say when you walked in the shop it took your breath away, screw environmentalists, you guys deserve a medal. It's a lot of work and time is money, this is what people NEED to understand, no one works for free. Also the more complex the shape as on a Jaguar MKII bumper it takes more time, YES I have a MKII that needs both bumpers re-chromed.

@helpmehelp3009

6 ай бұрын

So do I AND I AM thinking how much it will cost me? Needs all crome doing DOH!

@Valko67

6 ай бұрын

yes your are right , i am plumber and when we undoing the chalk of boilers ,we used acid and than it be came green of the copper oxide deluded in the acid , i remember days after i could taste the cupper in mine mouth , and i even used the acid to my proper experiences to lay a layer of cupper on iron with a 12 Volt battery , and it works very well , but yes , using a mask would be preferable i think , sorry for my English , i am Dutch speaking ;-)

Now I know why chromeplating is so expensive......excellent work and video.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

I am so glad I got to see this video! Decades ago, I was told by an old timer who worked in a body shop that a re-chromed part was actually better than factory new. I always wondered about that until now. I am certain that factory new would never get the time and attention I just witnessed in this video. Beautiful work.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

7 ай бұрын

Great point!

@Valko67

6 ай бұрын

yes for shure , fully agreed

@srussert28

4 ай бұрын

You don't realize. The Factory metal was smooth when stamped. Now they take 80 grit and take out the pits then they go to 120 to take out the grind marks. This company, with this process, will NEVER get you as smooth of a surface as factory. Yes this company pays a huge amount of time grinding out the pits. Just remember the original never had this. I have seen Chip Foose use a grinder way beyond the welds or imperfections. Chrome is like glass. Every scratch or imperfection he, or anyone, now has to be refilled, repolished and brought back to what the factory started with. Look at a stamped piece and at the least it will show some imperfections. Now take 80 grit and see it it helps that Mirror Shine. These guys show the best of the worst ways to show chrome. But just to compare straight across. If you showed all the imperfections across the same square footage... on the hood... of ANY car would you be happy with the chrome bumper finish they JUST showed on ANY show car?

An amazing job, very labour intense and a dying art! These guys keep the old vintage vehicle chrome in tip top condition. Let’s hope they keep it going for the next generation to learn!

@SeaTravelr123

Жыл бұрын

Gotta have some youngsters interested in it to keep it going. Very hard to find.

@dahinsoncoj

10 ай бұрын

Imagine if this shop was in the U.S. The feds at OSHA, EPA and NIOSH would rain down on this perishing art with all the power if Hunter Biden.

@georgeg.1999

8 ай бұрын

Αξίζετε συγχαρητήρια κύριοι ελπίζω αυτή η τέχνη να μην χαθεί.

I've got some chroming to do as part of a restoration project and this video has to be the best advert for a company I have ever seen. That's brilliant work.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

5 күн бұрын

Wow, thanks! I hope we are able to help you out with it.

A few years back I was able to take a shop tour at Advance Chrome Plating in Nashville Tennessee. I have had a new respect for the work involved ever since. Respect to the chrome platers of the world. You keep our rides gleaming.🙏

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@j.normanfiorie5699

Ай бұрын

I am in the process of restoring a 1968 Chevy El Camino SS 396. it has been a long painstaking process. I need to have the bumpers either replaced or rechromed replacement cost is around $300 each plus tax and shipping costs will probably be somewhere in the range of 400.00 each. after watching this video, I Have A New Perspective and respect for the chrome platers who are working out there. Amazing attention to detail with obviously many hours of Labor. not to mention the dangers of working around these chemicals. my hat is off to all of you professional platers. You are true Craftsman.

Wow.... I never had any idea there were that many steps in restoring chrome. Amazing job...Great video..

@casey7256

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@gvet47

Жыл бұрын

Well they started out with a very bad bumper. How long do you look for a better bumper or pay the price on the bad one?🤔

We had a chrome shop near us. I watched the process in person, but could not see some of the plating baths as the area required PPE, which they would not issue to customers. Your video shows the whole process, start to finish. Unbelievable amount of labor, and attention to detail. Very good work. Cheers!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

Thanks for showing us the amount of work required to get the pieces looking so beautiful. Great Job!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Happy you enjoyed it

Absolutely incredible work there. Thanks for taking to time to show us!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Many thaNKS

I had an idea of how it was done but never this in depth. So glad that the Midlands continues to keep these trades and skills alive.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

That copper plating alone looks so fresh!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Yes the copper looks great

I find myself watching your video again. I’m polishing cast aluminium at the moment. All the final buffing techniques are top notch!! Great work to everyone

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@stevesloan6775

8 ай бұрын

Haha… watching again to let the basic principles sink in. 🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼😎🍀

Quality work mate , nice to see there some of you still around

that was some of the most satisfying 30 minutes I've had...brilliant...you actually made me order new coarse and fine belts 😂

The labour involved in this work is astounding! I would hate to have to do that hard work out five or more days a week lol. Well done everyone the results are astounding. I should hope that the car owner would be very appreciative of your work. Presumably the Bristol car was being restored, I hope the restoration is up to your standards. If it was then the car will be a wonder to behold!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments

You guys rock...meticulous craftsmen. In can appreciate this because back around 1970, when all US cars had chrome bumpers, I was an insurance adjuster and after a car was 2-3 years old, all that was allowed on an insurance settlement were 'Re-chromed Bumpers. As I recall, those re-chromed bumpers were around $100.00~depending on size.....instead of 'new.' I will note the 'Re-chromers' back in those days were no where near as meticulous as you guys. Some of the 'Rechromes' were pretty rough.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

3 ай бұрын

Yes, was much the same here. Chroming is a dying art

Ahh, nothing like the smell of plating in the morning. People wonder why its so expensive to chrome plate things. Lots of hard and dirty work going on right here! Great job guys!

Wow! That was impressive. Thanks for the comprehensive video. When I left school I was training to be a panel beater removing many rusty old chrome bumpers over the years. I have a lot more respect for them now.......

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment

I never knew how much work goes into this art form! Enjoyed the video!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Hand and eye co-ordination is at an artistic level.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

You are right, but this job is nothing compared to the job being polished in our video that is coming out at 5:00pm GMT today. Here is a link. It will be live at 5. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooqgqZKLpKTAYdY.html

This was an amazing work. Well done guys. I had no idea it is so intensive and complex.

This transformation would totally exceed my requirements by a country mile. Beyond Perfectionism ...

Happy to see craftmanship and quality alive in this age of garbage reproduction we live in. I hope the Queen had a chance to see this fantastic work you're doing.

This is a true art, this is awesome. Now I have a huge respect for these guys. It looks absolutely beautiful

@ChromeandCarRestoration

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

wow had no idea how complicated and labor intensive a good chrome job was. Thanks for sharing with all of us. Best Wishes & Blessings.

Fantastic job guys love watching your videos your brilliant at what you do 👍 i actually rang you today to get my clubs booked in for a refurb ive just bought some mizuno blades but the lady said your on 4 mnth waiting list 🥺 gonna call again shortly to get them booked in for then and look forward to day you finally get your hands on these clubs and get them looking like new 👍.

So satisfying to watch these skilled craftsmen do their job

Wow that's some serious high standards, better than the factory for sure, beautiful work

Superb work! As others have said it's no wonder such quality work deserves its costs. Thanks for sharing!.

Wow just an incredible amount of work and time and equipment to restore these chrome bumpers and items. Much respect. Great video.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

I also complained about the cost of chroming things but this amount of labor is tremendous and have a better understanding now and will keep my mouth shut when I get something chromed in the future. Thanks for showing us what goes on to have something plated~!

Thank you, a very informative video, so labour intensive and so many different steps. Amazing work, congratulations 👍

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

Is there a way to fill the pits instead of thinning the original part?

Thoroughly enjoyed this, thanks for making it! I have taught myself copper and nickel plating (watts bath) and hot caustic bluing, rust bluing etc, and as you have shown its 99% hard work doing preparation and 1% dipping in chemicals. I have a wonderful old english book 'Metal Colouring by David Fishlock' and its great to see this knowledge is still kept alive in practice. Hope to see more great videos like this, so I continue to learn. Regards from Tasmania.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind comments, glad you enjoyed it.

Incredible! I love watching metal go from scrap to new, great job fellas.

An absolutely fantastic job, no two ways about it. However, when I saw the title for this video where it says "restore", I had my doubts. After watching the video, I would call it "re-chrome" or "re-plate" or something like it. Never the less, I am speechless!

Very interesting. Always heard there was multiple layers involved in Chrome plating. I've also been told I have to watch because there's a shortcut so I can be done it looks fine but it won't look that away too long. Thanks for showing us this process.

@JOHNSMITH-if9jr

Жыл бұрын

nickel chrome only, but doing the copper cyanide then acid copper is the best job you can do

Wow what a great job i love seeing all the processes in this bumper.

As with painting, it's all in the preparation. Very interesting video.

Great video. I love watching craftsmen with the right tools restoring past items back to possibly a bettwe condition that it originally was. I hope your are training the younder generation. It would be a real shame to let this trade die.

I used to work in a printed circuit factory. I was the lab tech and nickel-gold line operator. . So I found this video most fascinating.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

9 ай бұрын

Thanks. Same materials different produce.

@matt.2020

9 ай бұрын

I just saw I wrote lad tech. I meant LAB tech. I corrected it. I would love it if you did a tour round your lab.@@ChromeandCarRestoration

I had no idea what it takes to achieve the beautiful finish of chrome . Great video!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

It's amazing how someone came up with this process

Brilliant great to watch and see how it's done lot work involved and audio crystal clear 10/10 great stuff 😊

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Top notch work. No mot was harmed in the course of this video...

Better than new, good for another 1000 years! Amazing job!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Wow you do Amazing work!! I never knew what was involved in the process! Worth every penny you charge!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive comment.

Wow incredible attention to detail, great job. Back when I started working in a crash shop as a teenager most cars on the road still had chrome bars etc. and we could order change over bars from a local shop for most models. We would take off the old bars and do any repairs they needed like welding cracks and removing dents and swap them over for freshly chromed ones they had in stock. I don’t think they were as meticulous with the prep though, I would sometimes see grinder marks in areas you wouldn’t easily see when it’s on the car. But they were doing hundreds of them and they weren’t for restorations, just everyday aussie cars that only needed to be as good as they came from the factory 😂

Wow watching that process was really kool...Good job guy's.

True craftsmen. Cheers from Sunny South Florida.

Wow wow wow looks fantastic lad’s amazing. You really do turn back the clock 😮😳😜😁👍brilliant process and superb video. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩yep you can certainly deserve 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

WOW, what a process. Very detailed and very nice work

@ChromeandCarRestoration

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Wow . Wow . Wow Amazing work This is the first time I watched a very long video to the end It's more than a satisfying, interesting and a mesmerising result.

I’m impressed with your job. Can you make a video what is exactly in tanks and how they work. 👍🏻👍🏻

Amazing to see the restoration looks amazing 👏

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Brilliant job nice

Wow who ever new,!! Great job to all of those guys!! 👍💯

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

I once worked as a maintenance fitter for Qantas and part of my job was looking after the plating shop. I think the shop had like 50 tanks and some were 6ft square and 8 ft deep and always rotting out. That kept us employed for years. We had chrome, nickel, zinc, cad, silver, gold, copper you name it.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like that plating shop kept you busy. That is also why all of our tanks are raised off the ground.

@JOHNSMITH-if9jr

Жыл бұрын

they shut down years ago i went to trade school with a few apprentices. in Collingwood Melbourne great times

One of the most interesting videos I have seen on KZread, thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@ChromeandCarRestoration

10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I built and ran a very sucessful chrime polishing business in the early 70s. This is all standard proceedure in the plating business. Dandahermit.

It is still possible to get good plating in Australia. But it's becoming more difficult. Just had my Atlantic redone and repaired. The results are superb. It should be noted that not everything can be rechromed especially if it's been reformed previously. The metal can simply get too thin. Great work here and very labour intensive.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Good to hear it. My dad worked in plating in Australia at the Moonee Ponds Plating Co in the 60's (he was a £10 pom).

@JOHNSMITH-if9jr

Жыл бұрын

yes there are still a couple of places in Melbourne

@cpzmelbs

7 ай бұрын

​@@ChromeandCarRestorationthat's Awesome! Ive lived in the area for the last 15 years. I can't seem to find any details, I'd be interested to know whether the building is still standing?

Amazing. It's expensive but it's a lot of work. Now i understand that exorbitant prices that we paid for chrome.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I was hoping the video would show the huge amount of work needed.

whaaw , it's unbelievable how shiny they came out , good job 👌

@ChromeandCarRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Fascinating! Thanks for posting!

Excellent video, please keep this dying process alive. I knew from a teenager that linishing and polishing is too much like hard work for most folk. I used to take Triumph motorcycle parts and Jaguar parts to Thackers Polishing and Plating in Brierley Hill, West Midlands. It's an eye opener for many. Thackers sadly closed some years ago and some of the workers transfered to Castle Chrome in Dudley, which I still use ocassionally and recommend to anyone local who needs any polishing/plating. Although many chromed classic parts can be purchased new from the likes of india or the far east at half the cost, they never fit correctly and the chrome is sub-standard. I found it's better in the long term to have original parts re-chromed.

An amazing process, bravo guys!!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Turned out awesome!😊

Looks amazing, so impressed. thanks for making the video

@ChromeandCarRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This was beyond impressive!!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks

This is a highly skilled trade that requires vast knowledge of electroplating and deft hands to take out all the pitting.

Naw I know not to try this at home lol Bravo super nice work Thank you for sharing You can have so much more respect for your bumpers now 👍

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that

As General Melchett said to Captain Blackadder, “ Makes you proud to be British”. Damn fine show!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

3 ай бұрын

Don't slouch Darling

Amazing work and hard work too. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful work!

great job

I never would have thought he would be able to work all those rust pits out. He not only worked them out but did so while not making the surface wavy!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Polishing has to be done evenly to prevent ripples.

Hard to find a shop like this in the US...very well done💰

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you

Loved this video! Shows in detail the stages and don’t skip on very important in-between cleaning steps! I do some plating and polishing, this is truly top notch! First video without flaws or purposeful skipped steps! You guys deserve A+ Liked and subscribed! Didn’t know about cyanide copper to prepare for acid copper plating. Will dive into that subject! Thanks!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Many thanks

Very interesting video thanks for showing the whole prosses. You and your team are so skilled and knowledgeable, I hope your business survives into the future with young people continuing your skills.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

11 ай бұрын

I hope so too!

loved the video.

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

GREAT RESULTS MATES!!!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Nice job!!!

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Perfect work!👍

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Votre vidéo est passionnante, a partir du produit brut pour arriver au produit fini, avec les expliquations des diverses manipulations, valorise ce travail méticuleux et complexe Sans oublier que la véritable écologie, très a la mode, est la restauration et non la fabrication. Merci encored avoir partagé votre savoir faire

@ChromeandCarRestoration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks

Great video! This guy has some mad skills. One certainly doesn’t learn this overnight. I’d gladly pay 300£ per pumper for this level of work around here

@josephfilm73

Жыл бұрын

300? Haha. There is no way. Hazardous material disposal cost alone would add a zero onto that.

Awesome video guys!

Very NICE WORK

Very nicely done. Well explained

I wish I had your equipment oh the fun I would have. Cheers

Excellent work

So much hard work! Great!

Awesome work.

First time to see the process to chrome the pumper

@ChromeandCarRestoration

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

awesome... i have a w111 coupe 1962.... must have that done on my bumpers too...

Woow, extremely interesting. Now I understand the price bracket 👍