I am not in the UK, so can't help you with the 'where to go', but I will check with a coin-op chap that I
correspond with there, to see if he knows of anyone. The one thing bad about most Jennings castings,
that were chrome plated from the factory, is that most of those flat smooth-area castings had a ton of
pits, aka pin holes, and referred to, in the trade, as gas holes. The factory platers knew how to handle
that problem. Therefore, the tiny holes did not show up in the final results. What you have to do, is find
a plater that knows the correct process. Many are lazy, or don't know, or don't care, but they will accept
your hard-earned green for a CRAP job, regardless.
The casting has to be stripped of the original plating 'Squeaky-Clean', not just 'Good-Enough'. A layer of
Copper is put on first, before the Chrome. If you get someone that knows what he is doing, he will flow
the Copper slowly, so as to fill all the gas holes, so that there is a flawless surface, to put on the final
Chrome finish. Don't accept anything less, as it will look like S--T.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:07 am