Local Chrome Platers?

[JohnnyIron]

Does anyone have any experience using any local chrome platers for bike parts? I hate to ship parts across the country for something I can have done right here.

[Thumper]

I brought the passenger peg mounts from my Vegas to Polish To Chrome. They're in St. Paul just off Rice St. I should get them back next week. I'll let you know how good their work is.

If it's good, I got a bunch of work to give them!

[sks700]

The place ThumperW is talking about, I believe, is J & D Plating. They are reasonably priced and have quick turn-around, but their chrome is not the highest quality every time (sometimes it seems very good, other times not so great). The OEM chromer for Victory, I believe is AIM, from Iowa somewhere. Someone else here may have a better idea where. They are high quality, but slow.

Lee

[Thumper]

Lee, the place I went was actually just a metal polishing shop on the lower North-End of St. Paul. They took the old, grubby looking steel peg mounts that I really didn't think would abount to anything, and turned them into a work of art!

After he gets done polishing down to 2,000 grit, he sends them out to be plated. When I asked him who he used for plating, he mentioned Superior and one other company that didn't ring a bell.

The chrome plating was fine. He said that the only do a 2-step plating, 1 nickle and 1 chrome. Some places put a first layer of copper down below the Nickle, but in this case it wasn't needed.

I'm really happy, thouse the price was $5 higher than the prices posted on the VMC forum last week. I'll pay 10% to keep it local.

[Choirguy]

Is the actual name of this place "Polish to Chrome"? I have a project I'd like to get chromed.

It's a statue of Sparky_Bill I'm installing on my front fender...hair flowing in the wind!

(no, just kidding about the Sparky_Bill statuette. Although, that might be interesting)

[Sparky_Bill]

IAlthough, that might be interesting)

Interesting??????...... :Horror: more like it!!!!

[Thumper]

Is the actual name of this place "Polish to Chrome"? I have a project I'd like to get chromed.

Yup. It's on Atwater street in St. Paul about 2 blocks West of Rice Street. They're on DexOnline. John's the owner. When I was there on Tuesday it looked like he was really starting to get busy! One guy has some bumpers for a 57 Chev that were probably going to take him 12 weeks to get back. Luckily, I have my brake promised to me by the end of the month (can't wait)!

Good luck chroming Sparky's... um... er... head?!? :SouthPark
- Rick

[Chris 2]

My brother just got his rear pulley back from chroming looks great
It was done by PERFORMANCE POLISHING & CUSTOM METAL FINISHING
Out of zimmerman # 763-274-0904,,,, by the way it cost him 90 bucks to have it polished and chromed he'll do triple trees, brake calipers and polish the rotors The guy rides a harley But we all can't be perfect :floor:

[sks700]

Chris, that's the guy that does all of my dads stuff. He does the polisheing, then sends the parts to J & D for the chrome.

Lee

[sstodvictory]

John, I didn't want to reply back in February because you said local, but no one has replied about a plater who does good work AND is fast. I dropped a part off at this company on a Monday and recieved the finished part in the mail on Thursday the same week. I only used 'em once but they did a good job.

Precision Plating of Quincy, Inc.
217 No. 2nd
Quncy, IL 62301
217-223-6590

[JohnnyIron]

I talked with my friend that owns Slipstreamer. They make windshields for all makes of bikes, and they use AAA Metal finishing. Their phone number is 651-225-4152. Ask for Raul, and he can set you up.

I am going to start with a rear sprocket and see how they do.

I looked them up and it says:

A A A Metal Finishing Inc
185 Pennsylvania Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN 55103
(651) 228-1418

Categories: Metal Polishing Buffing & Plating, Stainless Steel, Metal Finishing

Either phone number should work. :git:

[SmknAl]

Anyone have an update on getting some chroming done?

I have my saddlebag brackets to start on. Maybe more to follow if I can find someplace with good quality and cost effective.

[smileyman57]

A A A Metal Finishing Inc
185 Pennsylvania Avenue West, Saint Paul, MN 55103
(651) 228-1418

Categories: Metal Polishing Buffing & Plating, Stainless Steel, Metal Finishing

Either phone number should work. :git:


I stopped into this place today and he quoted me 700 bucks to plate my rear pulley!!!!

This is a pretty old thread, anyone have any more recent experiences on chrome platers?

[CruiserConnie]

It's a long story how I know this guy, but John Colton owns JR Custom Plating in Forest Lake. Phone number is 651.464.0761. He chrome plated a small, metal "clutch lever" for me that I have on my keychain. (I haven't seen it finished yet. I see my girlfriend Donna in two weeks, who works with John's girlfriend Liz... told ya. Long story.) He's been in the business for a while and used to own J&D Plating with his ex-brother-in-law. They went their separate ways in 2006. He says he's working about a month out right now.

Connie

[crockett]

Try Hard Chrome in N.E. mpls they did a lot of Victory OME.

[Thumper]

John at Polish To Chrome is St. Paul. Just North of the railroad tracks near Como and Rice street.

$700?!? Did ya tell the guy at AAA that he didn't have to polish all the teeth on the pulley? :sarcastic

[DEZ]

If you get the pulley chromed, you've gotta make sure they don't chrome the teeth. The extra thickness of the chrome will mess up the fit with the belt.

[smileyman57]

Yeah, I told him that all of the teeth would/should be masked.

[John Ritter]

On Thumper's graces I went to Polish to Chrome to drop off a Backrest insert I made.
The hours are little different
6am to 2pm I believe? But the place next door took the part and gave it to John of Polish to Chrome.
I got a hold of him today - he is about a month out and it going ot charge fiddy for the Chrome.
Seems nice enough.

[SmknAl]

You might give Brown's a call. They are not local :Butt: an outstanding chromer. My KP rear pully was done in about 3 weeks and cost $141.00 plus shipping. Chrome job is far superior to stock Victory. I was not satisfied with some work done at Polish To Chrome in St. Paul.

http://www.brownsplating.com/