A tour of the shop I send forks to for re-chroming.
Step one is to grind off the old chrome down to bare steel: Â This lathe is in operation, you can see the coolant flowing over the grinding wheel and the tube.
Step two is applying the new chrome by electroplating in this big tank: The balls floating on top help keep bad stuff from getting into the air.
After the new chrome is on the tube it must be ground down to the correct size and smoothness: This lathe is not operating, the tube has just come from the tank.
The final step is back on the first lathe for finishing.
Plan on a month (sometimes more) from the time your tubes leave my shop till I get them back. That’s a long time but the work they do here is great.