£200 quote to chrome this, insane!!!

[Fazerruss]

Where my wife used to work they found it was cheaper to set up their own chrome plating shop than it was to send stuff out. Even with all the H&S stuff they had to comply with, which isn't cheap. Chrome plating stuff is seriously hazardous.

Then you need to consider the shape of it. That will be very labour intensive to polish nicely. £200 isn't a bad price for a one off.

For comparison, 2 bumpers for a Rover P6 and all the other bits of trim from the sides came to £1200. Again, had it been a production run of 1000 bumpers the price would have been a good bit cheaper.

EDIT. Just to add that Chrome needs a base of copper plate (seen the price of copper?) and then nickel with rinsing in between. Then the chrome on top which comes out a gold colour which needs another dip, then a final polish. Not the sort of thing you can do at home with a small electroplating bath.

You dont need copper, its generally used to fill heavy pitting. Most chromers round here only do nickel then chrome.

 

[Kram]

There are rather a lot of classic car enthusiasts who would disagree.

Plenty of chrome platers with cancer that would agree. Very high rate of throat cancers in chroming plants. A guy I knew and his boss both died from it.
Polished stainless would last far longer and look better, as well as being repairable without fancy equipment, and cheaper.

 

[DAPPH]

Lead paint is banned. But you can still get permission to use it on listed buildings. The same idea for classic vehicles wouldn't be hard to implement.

In 50 yrs or less any classic cars that are carbon fuel burners will be museum pieces existing only in digital NFT form so there will not be any need for plating shops .

 

[brightspark]

I would have thought about £100

They do run a production line

Unlike most off the work we guys do on this forum

These guys are set up to re chrome

They must be on mega money

depends on what sort of chroming u want it cost me 200 quid to get a norton chaincase re chromed there was a few gouges and scrapes in it and it came back perfect that was 12 years ago . and industrial chromer would do it cheaper but the finish would be crap

 

[brightspark]

Chrome wont prevent rust because it's porous. That's why they use it on cylinder bores or piston rings (but not both). It needs to be kept sealed with a polish of some sort.

Colin

british chroming they used to leave it outside and had to stand for so many month without going rusty and lasted donkeys years. thats why crapanese chroming on bikes didnt last long the quality wasnt there and went rusty after a few weeks unless polished

 

[armalites]

There could be a days work in that part, many places also have a minimum charge.

The fact that you think your prep work has made it easier is irrelevant, they will probably still gom through their standard process. It's the same as asking a painter to paint you car after you've primed it. No decent painter is going accept your work as being up to scratch and the better they are more likely any imperfactions will show.

 

[Robotstar5]

british chroming they used to leave it outside and had to stand for so many month without going rusty and lasted donkeys years. thats why crapanese chroming on bikes didnt last long the quality wasnt there and went rusty after a few weeks unless polished

And don't talk about Italian chroming, my mate bought a new Guzzi V50, the rear indicator mounts were showing signs of rust a couple of weeks later!

 

[grim_d]

Everyone wants to play.
No one wants to pay.

Preach brother.

 

[Morrisman]

Chrome wont prevent rust because it's porous. That's why they use it on cylinder bores or piston rings (but not both). It needs to be kept sealed with a polish of some sort.

Colin

But it lasts a hell of a lot longer than bare metal, as demonstrated by a zillion chrome parts on vehicles that get no more than a washing down occasionally. I've rarely waxed chrome on any bike or car I've ever owned.

 

[Piero]

Everyone who says £200 is responsible is talking like my job is the only one going through the chromers plant

They will process many items in one day

The running costs etc cant all be born form my one job

If every job is £200 plus and the do 5 jobs minimum a day, that's still a grand a day


I can bet they process a lot more than 5 jobs a day

Get real people

 

[grim_d]

Everyone who says £200 is responsible is talking like my job is the only one going through the chromers plant

They will process many items in one day

The running costs etc cant all be born form my one job

If every job is £200 plus and the do 5 jobs minimum a day, that's still a grand a day


I can bet they process a lot more than 5 jobs a day

Get real people

With employees, waste disposal, rent, utilities, maintenance etc I bet it cost about a grand a day to run the damn place and a profit HAS to be made too otherwise businesses cannot continue to operate.

Just because something is out of your budget or more than you'd like to pay doesn't automatically mean it's expensive.

 

[brightspark]

its your choice if you dont like it go elswhere and price it .no point in whinging on here .no ones forcing you its not a matter of just dunking in the chemical put a couple of electrodes in and out it comes . they have to be placed round the objects at certain points otherwise you can burn it or it wont take

 

[grim_d]

its your choice if you dont like it go elswhere and price it .no point in whinging on here .no ones forcing you

Aye but similarly. What kind of life is it without a good whinge.

 

[frank horton]

to be honest most of the parts I would have chromed (on ancient vehicles) was gone far enough to replace
but as most arn't available I get most made from 316 st/steel and polished...
partiq screen surrounds and window mounts....

 

[Piero]

Same old same old arguments time and time again.

I dont have to be poor just because something is expensive.

I could have plenty off money but believe the service is expensive and choose not to use it.

Have a better argument plz.

I have run a business and know all to well off running costs.

It's not like running costs are a grey area that only a few understand

Don't bo so nieve your not the only person who has a brain

I am entitled to know agree as you are so again, don't force your options as gospel and the only opinions that are worthy

 

[Piero]

Such a true saying

 

[DAPPH]

There is an even better saying , " Something to do with sound engineering practice & penny pinching " .

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Same old same old arguments time and time again.

I dont have to be poor just because something is expensive.

I could have plenty off money but believe the service is expensive and choose not to use it.

Have a better argument plz.

I have run a business and know all to well off running costs.

It's not like running costs are a grey area that only a few understand

Don't bo so nieve your not the only person who has a brain

I am entitled to know agree as you are so again, don't force your options as gospel and the only opinions that are worthy

If I was running a big production plant I'd be pricing one offs high too when everything is geared up for certain products.

 

[Piero]

How funny

Just for a point of practice, I've just been on companies House website

Try doing this yourself

You will be surprised, how wrong a lot off people are lol lol

 

[armalites]

Everyone wants to play.
No one wants to pay.

Everyone wants the bling
Nobody likes the sting