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Originally Posted by Easy Rider
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Originally Posted by alantf
Any tips as to what I could coat it with to help prevent the chrome lifting?
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That just does NOT happen with a proper plating job. Your old bars were just defective.
Chorme is one of the hardest metals there is; it is used to protect other stuff.
Keeping it well polished/waxed is about all you can do.....but if it isn't stuck to the underlaying metal properly, you're pretty much screwed. |
Weeeeell ..........I remember that in England, 40 to 50 years ago, when most cars had a lot of chrome, we had a lot of problems due to the climate. The problem seemed to be that the chrome WAS porous, & this caused the underlying steel to rust. This is exactly the problem I am seeing on the bars, with the same climate (over winter) that we had in England. They never seemed able to cure the problem in those days, so I just wondered if anybody else (perhaps the Canadian climate!) had experienced this, & knew of any product to seal the porosity of the chrome.