Chrome plating

[ColinM50]

I quite fancy having th rocker cover of my Ford CVH engine chrome plated, the engine's in my Royale Sabre and I reckon it'd look pretty good chromed.

So I thought I'd take it off and get it done over Christmas. Huh, dream on. I phoned about 6 places today and not one of them's working from 23 Dec to 4 Jan. And what's worse two of 'em told me if I get it to them early Jan, with any luck it MIGHT be ready by end of Feb and one said he had so much work he reckoned Easter was a better bet. The others were talking of 4-6 weeks but maybe longer. And typically I was quoted £150 plus VAT plus delivery of course.

So two things come to mind;

1) Anyone know a chrome plater who might be quicker/cheaper or know a company selling chrome rocker covers for a 1.8 ford CVH engine?

And

2) If there's that much of call for chrome plating, what's involved and is it a business I could set up for say £25K? Anyone want a job/partnership?

[gtmdriver]

Your best bet is to get yourself a copy of Classic Bike or Classic Motorcycle Mechanics magazines. They usually have lots of adverts for platers.

[kenmorton]

With quotes and time scales like that it might be worthwhile getting in touch with some platers in USA.

[Auntieroll]

kenmorton said:

With quotes and time scales like that it might be worthwhile getting in touch with some platers in USA.

+1,Canada also has some good plating shops.

Re setting up a plating business,the process is far from environmentally friendly,waste disposal is expensive,another one of the key factors in getting a good result is surface preparation,a good polisher is an absolute must for quality work.

I seem to remember that there was a company doing a polished Aluminium alloy CVH cam cover in the UK a couple of years ago.

[ch427]

burton power may stock them,europa specialist spares is another to try