[hannemcnc]

Hi everyone,
I have been looking at the possibility of doing chrome plating at home but one of the biggest obstacles is the high current density required which sort of really puts it out of my league. (for the moment)

To get something chromed at a plating shop can be quite expensive as I can understand there is quite a lot of labour involved.

Stripping, sanding, building, resanding, rebuilding, polishing then on with the plating and more polishing. Lots of labour to pay for here. Pot metal parts especially.

I have looked at the copper and nickel plating kits and they don't look that difficult ( I know, I know that's easy to say!!) and don't require huge currents either. What do you think a plating shop would say if I walked up to them with a prepared part to get the chrome plate put on only??

If they were given a part that was prepared properly to a good standard do you think they would even be interested in dipping it? Not much money in it for them but not much labour either.

In my perfect world I would imagine them just giving the part a quick clean and chroming it quite quickly and handing it back to me. (short turnaround)

Give me your thoughts, is there anyone using this forum that works in a real plating shop?

Cheers M