I'm looking at buying a 'Copy Chrome' plating kit to redo the MK1 grill. Blurb says it's looks as good as chrome and wears just as well on decorative surfaces without the hassles of real chrome plating. Cost is $550 for the kit that will plate about 64 sq ft of material so I'll have a heap left over. Works out at about $8.60 a sq ft or roughly $52 to plate the grill ( plus time and power and frustration factor ). What would it cost to have it done commercially? or to buy a new grill?

Would there be a market to set up a sideline plating small items for Minis?

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Do you mean one of these kits? - or is something different.

http://www.janekits.com.au/mainframe.php

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Dave K.
1979 Moke Californian + 1981 'Coke' Moke

No - I use Jane Kits for zinc plating and it works OK but they don't have a chome kit . This mob do http://www.caswellplating.com.au/

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Cost to have chroming done depends on how much time they spend on preparation. Chroming on it's own is fairly cheap.

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Maybe talk with John at Mini King. I think he was involved in chroming at some stage - seem to remember a forum discussion some time ago.

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Dave K.
1979 Moke Californian + 1981 'Coke' Moke

Yeah, that's John's original trade I believe. Electroplater.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

I've been down this path. Although i never tried chrome, I did many bits in nickle plate and eventually the plating peeled off or items went rusty. Bit of a WOFTAM.

Preparation is vital, obviously something I did not pay enough attention too. Unless you are going to make a hobby of it, and prepared to spend ALOT of time on it, my advice would be to get your bits done professionally, and avoid disappointment.

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/segment/r ... on-chrome/

this one is good

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