It is, however, the best plating shop in this part of the world and the only one I would trust to do it has a 5-6 month backlog. I paid $150 for the one I just installed. That’s about what it would cost me for replating the existing part.
-D > On Feb 20, 2019, at 11:05 AM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Ahhh.... so it happens with older cars. Looks like the next best path is a > shipment to the chrome shop for a new layer of chrome. Ouch$$$ > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 3:18 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Nope. The plating is nearly gone on the other side, as it is on a number >> of other chrome bits on the car. Down to the point where the nickel is >> startgin to be exposed. Nothing left to polish. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Feb 19, 2019, at 10:19 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> If the other side is in as good condition as the one in the picture, it >>> will buff out with a buffing wheel on a bench buffer and the proper >>> sequence of buffing compound... I have done several that were worse to >>> start with and to very good success. >>> >>> Chrome is usually pretty thick on the older cars and you don't remove >> more >>> than perhaps .002 to buff down to solid chrome that will shine like new. >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 6:36 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Got some stuff done today. Fun! >>>> >>>> >> http://penoff.com/1965_220SEb_Blog/Entries/2019/2/19_Overriding_Fun.html >>>> >>>> -D >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
