replating chrome

rndy3788 · Jul 25, 2015

Im tryng to fix up a old semi tractor (79 KW) that I still use low budget just want to have it looking halfway decent when I haul in corn , can you replate the chrome and if you can what does it cost and does anyone know anywhere in se mn tht does it? thanks

SweetFeet · Jul 26, 2015

rndy3788,

There is a company called D S Manufacturing in Pine Island, MN.

They do chrome plating and also fabrication.

Look up dsmfgmnDOTcom... it lists their phone number at the bottom of the web page. There is also a "request a quote button" on their homepage.

We have never used them... I just know that the company exists.

sms · Jul 26, 2015

I have had stuff rechromed it is not real cheap and I think they wait until they have a batch and do it all at once as the turn-around time was not fast, at least the places I used. Plan ahead and research.

rndy3788 · Jul 26, 2015

thank you , that's actually in my back yard I,didn't know if they did that for small pieces and I wasn't even sure how to get ahold of them,

SweetFeet · Jul 26, 2015

I'm not certain if/what they do for something like that either.

I only know about it because we know a machinist who did an internship there years ago, after finishing his schooling.

GVSII · Jul 26, 2015

(quoted from post at 20:44:44 07/25/15) Im tryng to fix up a old semi tractor (79 KW) that I still use low budget just want to have it looking halfway decent when I haul in corn , can you replate the chrome and if you can what does it cost and does anyone know anywhere in se mn tht does it? thanks

Chrome plating is an involved process that takes a fair amount of time.It's also costly.

dr sportster · Jul 26, 2015

If some of the trim is stainless you can polish it yourself but you have to be very careful an edge doesn't catch the buffing wheel and rip the part from your hands destroying it.[You can ty-wrap it to a piece of wood] Low budget and chrome plating will not work. Maybe consider painted parts or poewder coat . No process will replace the look of real chrome. For an example last plating I sent to Advanced in Nashville. 54 small parts like spacers and brackets they charged me over 800 bucks and they moved while theuy had the parts for a six month turn around. One set of 1 inch Harley handlebars 100 bucks. Bumpers are hundreds of bucks.

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