Re chroming forks.

[Sir Neil d'Menture]

I have a pair of forks that need stripping and rechroming. Nothing major wrong with them.
A couple of questions...
1) Do they need to be hard chrome or will soft chrome be sufficient?
2) Any suggestions as to who is the best to do the work?

 

[mdvineng]

Hard chrome is for engineering sliding surface parts. You only need decorative chrome.
Search for a local platers and check reviews with the usual caveats.

 

[Sir Neil d'Menture]

Hard chrome is for engineering sliding surface parts. You only need decorative chrome.
Search for a local platers and check reviews with the usual caveats.

Thank you.

 

[paton]

 

[Thame Game]

Chrome plating is dying out rapidly in the UK. The chemicals involved are becoming increasingly expensive and difficult to purchase without legal hoops to leap through.
I recently asked for a quote to do my rear stays - £450!!!
There are industrial chromers on my doorstep who refuse to do anything old, even if its bare metal stripped.
I gave up wasting time on the forks and bought a brand new set of Columbus slx, fully chromed from Condor, cheaper than rechroming the old ones.

 

[Nob]

http://www.ashfordchroming.com/

 

[Tootyred]

Prices are now nuts! Set of bars for a resto on a triumph we did....£200 trade...if you can find somebody willing to touch old stuff.

20 years ago that would have been £30 and had a choice of half a dozen places within 25 miles!

This is who we use....

https://vehicleandgeneralelectroplaters.co.uk/

 

[grey-beard]

What about powder coat?
There are pictures further down this page, it look pretty good to me.
https://ctc-powder-coating.co.uk/our-work/bicycles/

 

[grey-beard]

Chrome silver powder coat.

 

[Sir Neil d'Menture]

What about powder coat?

On a Colnago?