When they ask…. “Why does it cost so much…. I just need it re-chromed” Just show them this video. And yeah, really beautiful work by some very skilled craftsmen.
Way to go!! If only it really only was an easy and quick process!! You guys do a sensational job... 3:20 just isn't enough to show the process!! Great work!
Hi great video. Question: How do I clean out bolt holes after chroming ? Seems to be a yellow residue left behind making some bolts hard to screw in. I already broke one bolt. I don't have tap set and I think just need to get the gunk out. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.
Neither. Different solutions of sodium dichromate and different washes. They are probably proprietary based on years of trial and error research. Chrome plating is just as much an art as a science. There may be some nickel in one or more of the tanks. Probably also some molybdenum and vanadium and manganese. The reason why you will have an uphill battle from hell opening up a chrome plating shop is not just the startup costs, which you need a lotto ticket for. You can't get around the phsics. You cannot complete the process without the actual metals. Most of which are so tightly regulated that you won't be able to afford all the required failsafes, and protective measures. Most of these places have been there for generations. Thanks to modern legislation if it isn't already built you're not going to have the money to build it...unless you are Elon Musk or a multinational automobile producer. These independent shops are being bullied out of the market to make a simple inexpensive art only possible for the mega money businesses to do so they can charge inflated prices and forbid competition. It's happening in every branch of production worldwide. We built a world dependent on machinery and now it is being turned into a world where only a handful of people control access to it, while everyone else's reliance on it is being increased. It's a corrupt modern game of monopoly. In the early 20th century they were names like Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller. Now a days they are faceless nameless members of an unknown board of directors who change and swap positions so often that no one person or small group is accountable. It is not an action or an event. It is a phenomenon with no cause or source, but an obvious effect. It's what happens when progress hits a dead end and the Giants that fed and grew on it search for new ways to feed without innovating or producing.
No, there are chemical reasons one metal can or can’t be plated directly onto another. I don’t understand why to be honest, but I’ve seen it before. First, you strip back to clean, bare steel. Any scratches, dents, or imperfections need to be fixed at this stage or they will “bleed through” into the others, and look terrible. This includes any dirt, grease, or oils from your hands - so you need gloves, degreaser, and maybe a solvent like acetone or methylene chloride. Next, you plate copper on top of the steel. Somebody else mentioned using a basic and man acidic bath for the copper plating. Plating probably takes a while to apply a solid coating, which then must be polished and inspected for any new or missed imperfections. Chrome won’t plate onto copper, so you apply a nickel plate over it. This would need to be inspected, cleaned, and probably polished too. Finally the chrome plating is applied. My understanding is this involves “hexavalent chromium” Cr(IV) which is both toxic and carcinogenic. Almost everything involving chromium - from stainless steel to dyes uses this. Chrome will plate onto nickel, which is the last stage before any final polishing. I’d like to be able to do this for small parts at home, but between the strong acids, bases, chromium (IV), and fumes/waste products - it doesn’t seem very neighborly. In the olden days, the waste was just dumped in the trash or rivers - where it became someone else’s problem. The EPA doesn’t have a permissible standard, possibly due to politics. California set a standard for drinking water of 10 parts per billion in drinking water. If you dropped an aspirin-sized tablet of Cr(IV) into 8,500 gallons of water it would not meet the CA standard for drinking water. FYI, not a chemist, never been in the industry - just curious about it.
Hi. Nice video! I was just wondering; the doors to your chroming vat are green. Does this mean you use trivalent chromium soltution rather than the extremely hazardous hexavalent chromic acid?
Chrome doesn't plate well to steel so you copper strike the steal. They spend all that time polishing the copper because the metal will plate in what ever texture it has will affect the look of the finish. The chrome plates better with copper which is why the strike it. Same goes for silver as well
I know this is a old comment, but another detail: iron/steel will form oxides first than nickel. But with copper, this one corrode easier than steel. So the logic is: copper, for protection, nickel for a good polished finish, and chromium in a really thin layer for a great finish.
I read , a long time ago, that the copper will plate into the slight pits and dings and act as a filler. This would imply that there is light sanding between multiple copper plating steps. The end result was to provide for a smoother surface for the subsequent nickel and chrome plating steps.
Yes it is similar to Ogden. The majority of bumpers we plate are done on our automated plating line after the piece has been straightened, ground, etc.
@@SengKim86 these days a basic bumper cost 600$- 1000. Most shops are ridiculously expensive over 1200-2500. Because they all try and do the best work, like idiots
@@xChromerSatanasx . ..... castle chrome ltd employee thanks for your comments ...... m8t exafalant chrome we work a manual plant not an automatic one lol 2..to 3 amps nical 65 degrees. Chrome 34 to 40 degrees run hotter it will have a silky patches all over it .
@@kevinbinnion6445 if you were nickel plating a Cadillac bumper the rectifier would have to be set at 6 volts running about 500 amps, if bumper was in tank by itself. Nickel temp 140° Chrome hit high as possible 15 volts running about 1000 amps. Chrome temp 120°.
Okay great! Now let's dip a whole car to say that nothing exceeds like excess. . . . No wait, some place called Dubai got a bunch of bored billionaires with similar ideas so let's see what this next search produces.
I'll shoot some video of our plant in operation and I think you'll be impressed in the overall cleanliness of our plant. Considering all that takes place in the chroming process, we do pretty well.
There's nothing more satisfying than seeing skilled people at their craft and making old things new again!
When they ask…. “Why does it cost so much…. I just need it re-chromed”
Just show them this video. And yeah, really beautiful work by some very skilled craftsmen.
Rechroming shouldn't cost very much. Anyone with a large enough tub can chrome. The fabrication and body-work take skill.
@@DrSlobGoblin straightening those bumpers is a skill that’s hard to come by, at least someone who’s efficient & consistent.
This isn't just rechroming.
This is called 'triple chrome plating.' @@derbigpr500
This is beyond chrome plating... The first minute and half is body repair and alterations.
Worked in a Detroit cottage-industry , plating hub caps for The Big 3 ... what daze those were !
Way to go!! If only it really only was an easy and quick process!! You guys do a sensational job... 3:20 just isn't enough to show the process!! Great work!
Thanks man! 😇
Wow.. that's amazing...old to brand new...love it.. Good work guys.
No just old old thats how this has always been done
beautiful work my friends, hopefully your trade never dies
LOL! I was thinking of chrome plating something at home and then I watched this video and said nevermind.
Is there any way to reduce the hydrogen gas buildup when plating chorme its bloody crazy how many explosions I've been through
We use little polymer disks in out tanks at work as well as compressed air blowing over the tanks into a scrubber
Do you need a smoke suppressor for chrome solution?
Chrome ABSOLUTELY 💯 %ART 🎨
What if I put my hand in there?
That was so relaxing to watch the chroming!!!
That is really good American work! Wonderful men!
Is there any kind of filler to repair a dent which cant be repaired in other way before chrome plating? Some brazing ?
Fill it with weld
Melted lead fishing weights can fill dents.
Is layering copper, zinc, then chrome?
Copper nickel chrome
love their rough as guts approach
Wow a lot of work than I thought
how much to chrome the front and back bumpers for a 1967 VW bug, with a little rust inside?
How do you go finding the cost?
where are they located and how much does it cost to chrome a bumper
Do you chrome plate motorcycle reems ? About 20 cm wide
Nice to know there is a shop for this so close by the North Country
Hi great video.
Question: How do I clean out bolt holes after chroming ? Seems to be a yellow residue left behind making some bolts hard to screw in. I already broke one bolt. I don't have tap set and I think just need to get the gunk out. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.
a thread cutter is easiest option
Go Bulls
The copper looked cool too!
I wonder if we can do a copper plate and cover it with a protecting layer so it doesn't go green, copper gives me a hard on
How do I get the latest version for some reason?
would be great if they explained the process!!
The copper finish looks so much better then the chrome finish imo. Awesome video!
Naaaaah no way
Hi you can chome engine parts?
Beautiful work. but I need a place like this that does this kind of work in or near Orlando Florida. Could someone inform me?
Why is it that the first plating appears to be copper onto the steel ? All the books say you can't plate copper onto steel ? Or did I miss something.
Yes they first do alkaline copper afterthat acid coppet
Me gusta ese tipo de trabajo para hacerle a los parachoques de mi auto en acero inoxidable👍💥
Would you guys be able to chrome a lightsaber hilt?
is this nickel or copper iam confused
Neither. Different solutions of sodium dichromate and different washes. They are probably proprietary based on years of trial and error research. Chrome plating is just as much an art as a science. There may be some nickel in one or more of the tanks. Probably also some molybdenum and vanadium and manganese. The reason why you will have an uphill battle from hell opening up a chrome plating shop is not just the startup costs, which you need a lotto ticket for. You can't get around the phsics. You cannot complete the process without the actual metals. Most of which are so tightly regulated that you won't be able to afford all the required failsafes, and protective measures. Most of these places have been there for generations. Thanks to modern legislation if it isn't already built you're not going to have the money to build it...unless you are Elon Musk or a multinational automobile producer. These independent shops are being bullied out of the market to make a simple inexpensive art only possible for the mega money businesses to do so they can charge inflated prices and forbid competition. It's happening in every branch of production worldwide. We built a world dependent on machinery and now it is being turned into a world where only a handful of people control access to it, while everyone else's reliance on it is being increased. It's a corrupt modern game of monopoly. In the early 20th century they were names like Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller. Now a days they are faceless nameless members of an unknown board of directors who change and swap positions so often that no one person or small group is accountable. It is not an action or an event. It is a phenomenon with no cause or source, but an obvious effect. It's what happens when progress hits a dead end and the Giants that fed and grew on it search for new ways to feed without innovating or producing.
superb job ❤
Awesome video!
So chrome is processed copper?
No, there are chemical reasons one metal can or can’t be plated directly onto another. I don’t understand why to be honest, but I’ve seen it before.
First, you strip back to clean, bare steel. Any scratches, dents, or imperfections need to be fixed at this stage or they will “bleed through” into the others, and look terrible. This includes any dirt, grease, or oils from your hands - so you need gloves, degreaser, and maybe a solvent like acetone or methylene chloride.
Next, you plate copper on top of the steel. Somebody else mentioned using a basic and man acidic bath for the copper plating. Plating probably takes a while to apply a solid coating, which then must be polished and inspected for any new or missed imperfections.
Chrome won’t plate onto copper, so you apply a nickel plate over it. This would need to be inspected, cleaned, and probably polished too.
Finally the chrome plating is applied. My understanding is this involves “hexavalent chromium” Cr(IV) which is both toxic and carcinogenic. Almost everything involving chromium - from stainless steel to dyes uses this. Chrome will plate onto nickel, which is the last stage before any final polishing.
I’d like to be able to do this for small parts at home, but between the strong acids, bases, chromium (IV), and fumes/waste products - it doesn’t seem very neighborly.
In the olden days, the waste was just dumped in the trash or rivers - where it became someone else’s problem. The EPA doesn’t have a permissible standard, possibly due to politics. California set a standard for drinking water of 10 parts per billion in drinking water. If you dropped an aspirin-sized tablet of Cr(IV) into 8,500 gallons of water it would not meet the CA standard for drinking water.
FYI, not a chemist, never been in the industry - just curious about it.
BLING IS BEAUTIFUL!!
How much did that bumper cost?
Only $77
@@nasirjaigirdar9650 🧢
I used to do this back in the day, mostly the over riders, our best jobs to do were for Triumph Heralds riders,
How much does it cost to have a brand new set of wheels chromed?
How much for a set of rims?
When people ask my favorite color, I always respond "Chrome".
sixtyfiveford completely agree
Good answer
Hi. Nice video! I was just wondering; the doors to your chroming vat are green. Does this mean you use trivalent chromium soltution rather than the extremely hazardous hexavalent chromic acid?
so long as they pour it into the local drinking water, its all good
Banger job fellas.
How much for a set of 15” rims
What's with the Sonic the Hedgehog music?
Wow! Awesome video!
Didn't see the nickel plating
Didnt see any chrome plating only Nickel
That’s pretty cool I would like to do that
Why copper plating first?
Gediminas Jesinas not sure but I have seen it other videos on nickel plating. Good conductivity perhaps?
Yes it takes chrome better. Stainless steel is the hardest to plate, you have to use alot of 629 activator for it to plate
Chrome doesn't plate well to steel so you copper strike the steal. They spend all that time polishing the copper because the metal will plate in what ever texture it has will affect the look of the finish. The chrome plates better with copper which is why the strike it. Same goes for silver as well
I know this is a old comment, but another detail: iron/steel will form oxides first than nickel. But with copper, this one corrode easier than steel.
So the logic is: copper, for protection, nickel for a good polished finish, and chromium in a really thin layer for a great finish.
I read , a long time ago, that the copper will plate into the slight pits and dings and act as a filler. This would imply that there is light sanding between multiple copper plating steps. The end result was to provide for a smoother surface for the subsequent nickel and chrome plating steps.
I wish there was a person who did Chrome plating or Chrome dipping in Connecticut please comment back if you know anybody in Connecticut
Bobby,s Upholstery lol fucking scam
Bhai kahan par hota hai ye kaam kon se Shahar Mein
similar plating line as Ogden chrome in Utah
Yes it is similar to Ogden. The majority of bumpers we plate are done on our automated plating line after the piece has been straightened, ground, etc.
North Star Plating how much do you guy normally charge to re chrome a bumper
@@SengKim86 these days a basic bumper cost 600$- 1000.
Most shops are ridiculously expensive over 1200-2500. Because they all try and do the best work, like idiots
Niiiiice👍🏽🤩
Awesome.
u guy's doing it rite !***
Does a dust mask protect you from hexavalent chromium poisoning?
Back when things were easy to fix
satisfiying
😭😭😭😭😭😭 I neeed 4 bump restore
Nice work sir
Awesome
Shiddd this must be some expensive work. No wonder anything chrome plated usually costs a pretty penny.
This would have been so much better without the music and with narration explaining what was being done and why.
HARLEYS COME IN TWO COLORS.
BLACK AND CHROME.
😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
The things we do to water
I only done them Cady bumper's one at a time I was throwing 6, amps at them baby s and I still burnt the basterds
6 amps, you have no idea what you're talk im no about.
@@xChromerSatanasx . ..... castle chrome ltd employee thanks for your comments ...... m8t exafalant chrome we work a manual plant not an automatic one lol 2..to 3 amps nical 65 degrees. Chrome 34 to 40 degrees run hotter it will have a silky patches all over it .
@@kevinbinnion6445 where is this plating shop because none of your numbers make any sense.
@@kevinbinnion6445 if you were nickel plating a Cadillac bumper the rectifier would have to be set at 6 volts running about 500 amps, if bumper was in tank by itself. Nickel temp 140°
Chrome hit high as possible 15 volts running about 1000 amps. Chrome temp 120°.
Очень интересно.Лайк.
The noise really isn't necessary....
Bad music
i watched this video using firefox
Okay great! Now let's dip a whole car to say that nothing exceeds like excess. . . . No wait, some place called Dubai got a bunch of bored billionaires with similar ideas so let's see what this next search produces.
Background music is waste
As a Learned german surface plater i am shocked how dirty your plant is....
It is a factory, not a science laboratory.
It is a factory, not a science laboratory.
I'll shoot some video of our plant in operation and I think you'll be impressed in the overall cleanliness of our plant. Considering all that takes place in the chroming process, we do pretty well.
Ever see movie Who framed Roger Rabbit. This looks like dip.
Chome plating and most plating is in a toxic enviroment. One of the worst jobs.
I did it for a summer & I still have scars years later, that acid is fuckin nasty. one of the worst jobs I ever had for sure
This lame vide explains nothing about chrome plating.
I thought these guys were good when they were grinding the bumper bolt welds, when I saw DA sander on bumper I knew they were amateurs
Turn the shitty music off.