Rechroming winches

[paul]

Can anyone tell me of any suppliers on the South coast who can rechrome winches. Any idea of prices/turnaround time would be appreciated.

Thanks

Paul

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[ParaHandy]

this isn't easy because there's likely to be a nickel plating underneath the hard chrome. the chrome isn't 'waterproof'. chrome gives lubricity so i presume there will be a knurled or someother type of finish on the drum? to flash chrome, the surface must be clean and this can be pickled (in acid) to get rid of all vestiges of the original chrome but that might remove the nickel ..

if it had been me, i would have taken it to a local engineering cpy with a chrome bath (lots used to have one and particularly a cpy making tools for iinjection moulds) and ask whether they can 'save' the nickel and re-chrome without having to skim the drum to clean it up ..

hope that helps


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[ashanta]

Paul,

Don't know about the south coast but I got 2 Lewmar 40's Winches including the top plates re-chromed for £34.08 in 2000 from a company called Prestige Electro plating Barnsley, Unit 9 station rd Ind est, Wombwell S73 OAH. They did an excellent job. I always cover my winches in vaseline during lay up to prevent the absorbing moisture which is the problem with Chrome.
They do a lot of re chroming for river boats. Sorry iv'e not got the number.

Regards.

Peter.

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[mickshep]

When I used to restore vintage m/cycles I used to get a lot of parts rechromed, If you wanted the finish to last you specified 'triple plate', check yellow pages for local metal finishers/platers, tell them what you need and I'm sure you will get the same quality job without paying a middle man. I think it was called triple as the steel was first covered with copper, then nickel, followed by the chrome. On a bronze winch the copper would I imagine not be needed or so I would assume.
Mike

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[tcm]

Chrome - or gold?

if you can dismantle and send the parts you want to a plating company, that'll be the cheapest route. I've used

London Chroming Company Limited
735 Old Kent Road
London
SE15 1JL
020 7639 6434

these people did a famous chroming job a few years back - when an ad agemncy needed an entirely chromed Volvo car.

Chromium plating, as para says, is nickel plate then finally a bit of chromium.

Chromium plating is addictive - once you have had some bits plated then it's hard to stop! can certainly recommend plating the rocker covers on an engine - shows up any leaks, easy to clean and if selling or showing, the engine bay of a boat is suddenly tranformed from "erm yes, the engine is under there..." into "and look at this!.."

With a blue hull, i would think that gold plating would be rather fantastic and have found <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.kentmetalfinishers.co.uk/>http://www.kentmetalfinishers.co.uk/</A>. I am nearly certain that more women would go boating if the winches were gold, like jewels, instead of chrome, like boring exhaust pipes.





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[bpscmarine]

You could try Hampshire Electo Plating in Southampton 023 80225639
www.bpsc-marine.co.uk

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[Twister_Ken]

Lewmar

Lewmar used to do it for you. Last time I heard of this was about 12 years back. Maybe they still do?

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