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Seeking Chrome Plater that re-engraves script on parts


hddennis

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I need my 1917 Maxwell hubcaps re-nickeled and am worried the Maxwell script will be blurred or filled in by copper plating used to hide the flaws. Has anyone had experience with a plater that will re-engrave script while it is in copper so it appears as new when the last coating is applied? Howard Dennis

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Guest Al Brass

Maybe a trophy shop might offer engraving and may be able to arrange for the replating to be done. You might struggle to find one place that does both.

Al

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I run a home based engraving shop. It is possible to do this sort of thing, but it is not really the type of work that I do regularly. With my type of equipment, I would have to create an electronic file to replicate the engraving pattern, and then farm out the plating. I would suggest you deal with your selected plating shop, who could probably simply deepen the engraved area a bit manually to make it appear as original when it is re-plated.

Other than that, there is another forum user who has posted previously about doing engraving on similar automotive parts. This user is:

View Profile: scott@jchadwickco.com - AACA Forums

You might send him a PM and ask him about it. I think this is the sort of work that he does on a regular basis.

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I used Joe Kostelnik, Greensburg, PA. I believe he does the engraving work for Paul's Plating, Evans City, PA (near Pittsburgh). On a cap like yours, they would add a layer of solder underneath the script and have Joe over empahsis the existing script, so when it goes through the normal plating process, the script won't disappear.

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