Re Chrome Work

[Callahooney1]

Just curious, could you tell us what you paid to chrome your parts?

 

[Tom Hand]

Every cad part on the bike was re-cadmium plated. The handle bars, the stem, the seat parts, the cranks, both hubs were chromed. The total bill was $315. I think i spent $200 for bars and hubs and stem alone twelve years ago from another plater.

 

[Callahooney1]

Wow, not bad! Came out nice.

 

[Tom Hand]

I'll post images of the plated stuff if I can later. These are all obviously before plating.

 

[Callahooney1]

Right, good price for all that you had done.

 

[Tom Hand]

I'll try to get close-ups of bad and good things too.

 

[Callahooney1]

Grazi

 

[Tom Hand]

Feel free to ask for more close-ups if needed.
The rear hub looks odd as you appear to see lots of reflections of spokes but it is actually dead smooth and polished.
The front sprocket is original and not rechromed.
Tried to show the small dents that were still in the bars.I asked them not to sand things so deep that it would put waves in the outer surfaces.

 

[1motime]

Question is -Are you happy with what you got for what you paid?

 

[Tom Hand]

Very much so. I was expecting at least $100 more based on how much work this really takes to do correctly. I used to have a lot of car stuff done and 20 years ago i was paying more, relatively speaking.