Subject: Re: chrome and steel wool
Author: Ian Adkins
Date: Dec 7, 2001, 11:10 AM
Post ID: 1709100042
Hey All,
Someone mentioned once that you could adhere a very thin piece of stainless
to the "cheek" thus simulating chrome.
Anyone want to comment on this?
Regards....Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Bowes <kk-@home.com>
To: Loopfram-@topica.com <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Date: December 7, 2001 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: chrome and steel wool
John, No it will not. If the panels are dull, it is because of scratching of their surface. Kepp in mind that the appearance of chrome plate is largely due to the surface preparation of the copper and nickel that are underneath the chrome. Unless the nickel is buffed up to its final luster prior to depositing the chrome the result will be a less-than-mirror-like shine. The reason that you can't simply go back and repolish the old chromed surface is beacause the actual "chrome" layer is so thin that it would be removed by doing so. This would leave the underlying nickel exposed, and it would soon tarnish. (Which is probably what you are seeing now.) Sorry to say, but the only solution is to live with the dullness or have the tank replated. If you do go for "plan B", make sure you tell the plater that the only part of the tank that really needs to be buffed is where the "cheeks" are. It's the buffing that creates most of the work, and hence expense. John Sutton wrote:
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