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hello, is there any mob that re-chromes the plastic fake chrome you see on dashes such as the ht/hg gts monaros, i guess if they do it would'nt be cheap, thanks
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Try Unique Cars or Parts Peddler. I'm sure that I've seen dashboard restoration adds there. No luck with a search engine?
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Not sure what parts you mean but most chrome platers can chrome just about anything. Plastic, food, your cat etc. They spray a copper alloy on first I think. I heard about a guy that chromed a stuffed bird just to prove his work and had it sitting on the
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Yeah these guys are everywhere, they chrome/brass/copper/gold plate your baby shoes, budgie, flowers, whatever. I think they spray it with graphite or something first so the plating sticks, presumably they use something that will stick to what you are pla
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Im sure a place called "the Bronzing studio" does it.. saw their company car on the raod and it said they chrome plastic.
let us know the outcome?
Cheers
Ed
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There are tow types of plastic, one can easily be chromed by any plastic chromer the other cannot.
The firsty one is like the hrome your washer outlet. You will notice that when these dechrome it comes of in chunks.
The other is like your dash
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budgies? stuffed birds? are they witch doctors? seriously, still searching the www, will continue the search and reveal all when finished, plenty in the US, rare so far here, thanks all.
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