Tom, It might be that they soldered rings onto the parts for the chroming process so they dont get lost in the bottom of the tank. Might have to grind it off.
Derek Willburn
Long Beach, CA
> I just had some parts returned that were rechomed.
> Beautiful job by the way from Custom Metal Finishing
> in Shelby, Michigan.
>
> This is my first experience in rechroming so I
> wonder if someone had a similar experience: the caps
> for the pedals have some goop in them with a little
> metal ring, I assume, to pull the goop out, correct?
> And the interior pedal where the spindle would go
> has similar goop in it, without the ring to pull the
> goop out. I would guess that the goop is for
> protecting parts that were not going to chromed, but
> then how does one clean it out? It's pretty hard
> stuff.
>
> First time for a lot of things these days.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Tom Hayes
> Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where the flu and cold bugs
> just won round two over me
>
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