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Re: Chrome plating plastic question

To: mga <mga@napanet.net>
Subject: Re: Chrome plating plastic question
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 22:47:59 -0400
mga wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> As I get down to the details on my '73 B GT, one of them is the central air
> inlet on the dash.  Originally, there was chrome finish as a highlight
> around the vents.  Now its half worn off.
> 
> There is a firm in Texas that advertises in Hemmings to do plastic plating.
> Does anyone have any experience with this or any suggestions?

  I have no experience, but Caswell Plating sells kits
to do this:

http://www.caswellplating.com/

  Essentially, you coat the plastic with a conductive
powder, and then plate that.

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Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
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