Scratch repair

[chromeboy]

I have been over the forum dozens of times searching for an answer to my dilema. I own a few vintage autos that have lots of little chrome parts on the engine not to mention the trim etc. I recently brush plated my chrome oil cap with the Caswell copy chrome brush plating kit. It worked very well, except there is an obvious line where the new chrome meets the old chrome. Anyway of making this transition a bit more seamless without the hassle of mask it etc.? Thanks!

[jimcarry]

Question to your question
When your talking about the old Chrome is this on a separate pieces and the 2 aren’t matching ?

[chromepl8tr]

Take your part off the bike. Strip it down to base metal. Then polish it to get the scratches out and buff it to a bright finish.Then replate it as per the Caswell instructions for triple chrome plating on aluminum.Thats the best way.

[67falconer]

Originally Posted by jimcarry

Mike
I have done some pieces on bumpers like extensions I have posted the on this site now they were scratched deep and we used a tig to fill them in. If your plan is to use the pnp take time to practice
I cant stress this enough and remember that no plate will stick to chrome so the area you are working with will have to be stripped just the chrome not the nickel or copper underneath another way to fill theses scratches would be silver solder or Caswell’s plum-loy there are also some other products in the Caswell’s catalog that you might look at .
Practice makes perfect
Hope I’ve been able to help
Good luck

So what do you do with the solder? Do you just use it as a filler and polish it?
I have a nice problem I'm dealing with with my newly re-chromed bumper. I posted in the "metal polishing" forum.