This is one of those Don't do as I do, do as I say post.
Dennis F.
Email me please and thank you.
Dennis F.
Email me please and thank you.
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Archive through January 27, 2010
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haha Guess I ignored Charlie's e-mail too long. Ohhh Well....Off to the WOOD SHED I go for O/T posts!
BACK ON TOPIC - I did a favor years ago for someone here on the forum and got some hood ornaments rechromed and when I got them back I was VERY unhappy. Please make sure Your plater knows to solder in the pits, nicks, & gouges and doesn't just buff & polish them down to blend them in. IMHO I did NOT get my money's worth, and they were free! The proper process is strip the chrome, there may be copper under the nickel, and any pits/scratches should be filled then filed, and the lines of the part kept relatively straight, then a cosmetic chrome applied, which the Good Stuff is copper-nickel-chrome, and there should be a polishing operation between the nickel & chrome and possibly between the copper & nickel. Lots of labor, it's not cheap.
BACK ON TOPIC - I did a favor years ago for someone here on the forum and got some hood ornaments rechromed and when I got them back I was VERY unhappy. Please make sure Your plater knows to solder in the pits, nicks, & gouges and doesn't just buff & polish them down to blend them in. IMHO I did NOT get my money's worth, and they were free! The proper process is strip the chrome, there may be copper under the nickel, and any pits/scratches should be filled then filed, and the lines of the part kept relatively straight, then a cosmetic chrome applied, which the Good Stuff is copper-nickel-chrome, and there should be a polishing operation between the nickel & chrome and possibly between the copper & nickel. Lots of labor, it's not cheap.
Denny,
If I had plans for that, I woulda just poofed your post.
If I had plans for that, I woulda just poofed your post.
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thanks for the responce guys im not really sure what i need but my father has a 125 tiller that has been setting for yrs and the 782 has no lift on the back but im assuming the 782 wide frame 125 narrow frame?
Ahhhh O-K, Back from the woodshed..... I'll be STANDING over here in the corner.
SCOTT T. - I'm on Eastwood's mailing list for catalogs. I saw that "Almost Chrome".... I have their economy kit. (Yes, I'm a Tool Junkie!) it would be real easy to P/C those ornaments. Thing I see missing from their colors is something close to 2150 red & 483 yellow. I sent their P/C hotline an e-mail and called them 2-3 days later with no reply years ago asking about those colors. I've done searches and gotten LOTS of hits for other suppliers.
It's good durable stuff. Takes reasonable heat, gas, oil, etc. well, and is tough to scratch or chip unless You really try! I P/C'd all the tin for My K321 with gloss black in my 72.
SCOTT T. - I'm on Eastwood's mailing list for catalogs. I saw that "Almost Chrome".... I have their economy kit. (Yes, I'm a Tool Junkie!) it would be real easy to P/C those ornaments. Thing I see missing from their colors is something close to 2150 red & 483 yellow. I sent their P/C hotline an e-mail and called them 2-3 days later with no reply years ago asking about those colors. I've done searches and gotten LOTS of hits for other suppliers.
It's good durable stuff. Takes reasonable heat, gas, oil, etc. well, and is tough to scratch or chip unless You really try! I P/C'd all the tin for My K321 with gloss black in my 72.
We interrupt our normally scheduled program for one small announcement for Dennis.
What does the phrase hydro is tight mean(Cub Cadet 123. Starts and runs nice. It is running in the pics. Hydro is tight. No creep.)I am alot
less sceptical about hydros now.
less sceptical about hydros now.
