Re: IML: Looking for a potmetal repair shop in the New York area

["Roger Casagrande" <rdc2382@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My '55 Newport needs pot metal refinishing. I took this thread and used the 
website "contact us" to submit requests for additional info. Theat approach 
could be used to help answer your question.

Roger
1955 Imperial Newport


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tdcox" <tdcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'Tom Scott'" <shelbyguy@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:39 PM
Subject: IML: Looking for a potmetal repair shop in the New York area


> Tom
>
> Do you think the part could chrome plated after it received the "coating"
> mentioned below.  If this were possible, it would make the chrome plating 
> of
> badly scarred and pitted pot metal much easier to plate.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Tom Cox
>
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> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Scott
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: IML: Looking for a potmetal repair shop in the New York area
>
> Robert,
> I don't know if you'll be interested in this or not but I recently visited
> a fellow in PA who does what he refers to as 'metallization'.  His website
> is attached below.  Anyway, he takes the piece down to base metal, fills 
> in
> the pits and imperfections, then has this coating process that he uses to
> get a high gloss chrome like finish.  I was a little skeptical at first 
> but
> when I saw what he was doing and what the finished piece looks like, I'm
> pretty well convinced. The drawback is that it is a coating and not a
> plating therefore the finish is softer.  For the Flitesweep reflector, 
> this
> process might be a better alternative than traditional metal
> restoration/plating.  I'm going to have a few pieces coated by him in the
> fall...including the piece you want to have done.  Let me know what you
> think.  The finished piece looks identical to chrome plating.
> Tom
>
> http://www.coatofchrome.com/default.php
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob van der Es" <r.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:02 PM
> Subject: IML: Looking for a potmetal repair shop in the New York area
>
>
> > Hi fellow imperialists!
> >
> > I am trying to restore a trunklid reflector for my 1960 Imperial, my 
> > fried
> > and fellow IML member Charles Rex (who also ownes a 1960 Imp) has 
> > obtained
> > a reflector from Lowell but this one is heavily pitted.
> >
> > This became visible after removing the old chrome plating.
> > What I am looking for now is a shop that can repair the pinnholes and 
> > some
> > craters in the potmetal.
> > After the repair it can be copper plated and rechromed by any plating
> > company, but the problem is that not many know how to repair pot metal..
> >
> > Does anyone know a good repair shop in the New York area that can handle
> > potmetal (zamac) ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Robert van der Es
> >
> >
> >
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