re: [CR]Chrome Removal Danger with Silver Brazing?

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:16:50 -0400
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: vjp@telus.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: re: [CR]Chrome Removal Danger with Silver Brazing?


Victor Penner wrote:

I picked up a mid/late 70's Proctor Townsend (Brad Proctor and Bob Townsend, are retired, from framebuilding, Canadian bike makers) frame and fork last week. I showed the frame/fork to Bob Townsend and mentioned replating the scuffed up fork, to which he cautioned that the chrome removal process can be damaging to the silver solder that they used. I had never heard that before and am wondering if it is accurate, or cautionary at best? +++++++++++++++++

Let me just comment that Waterford will not re-chrome. I learned this when they were still Schwinn, when they repaired the frame on my formerly all-chrome '65. Gave me my choice of colors and did a lovely job, but not chrome.

Last year, when I had the '38 repainted by Waterford, I believe I noticed the same thing on the web site, or when I asked about redoing what had been a chrome fork on that bike. Again, the answer was negative.

I suspect there is a reason...

harvey sachs
mcLean va