Hi Llew,

Wow $385 for re-chroming a set of handle bars, I'm now understanding why so many will not go down that path and utilise paint instead.

I actually am an Electroplater and Metal Finisher by trade but haven't been in the trade for well over 20 years now and am now seeing how prices have gone through the roof, thus many plating shops have folded, also with EPA regulations being so tight now it just makes it an nonviable business to run. There's probably a total of 5 plating shops left in Adelaide when there were around 30 in their heyday and that's not taking Holden's Woodville plant, Mitsubishi's Tonsley Plant, Aerospace Engineering at Pooraka and finally WRE / DRCS / DSTO's magnificently clean workshop at the Salisbury facility into account.

I've been asked many times how much it would cost to set up a good chrome line here and my same answer keeps coming up, "Don't even think about it"

But as you said, it certainly highlights the machine doesn't it.

Cheers,
BB.

I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.