What the hell did I just watch all the way through?? I don't know why I couldn't stop watching this video. Those guy's deserve a beer a cheers to their amazing work.
I would never have imagined that was even possible with the bumper that far gone. Been waiting years for a video this detailed. Thanks for taking the time and effort. A true artisan.
Exceptional video! What you do is top quality art! The amount of work necessary to have a quality finish will never be understood by some. I recently had a vintage Italian bicycle frame chromed and had raving reviews by many people. When they asked how much to get it done, they said it’s too expensive. Not to those who appreciate a massive skill set. Congratulations!
Thanks for not skipping the details. I've been doing some nickel and nickel cobalt plating at home and it's nice to compare my workflow with the real deal. So far, I've not used the copper step but now I can see why it's so important.
Fantastic video and exceptional work. When the guy that needs his ORIGINAL bumper restored asks why it cost $8 grand you can show him why with this video!
I didn't hear him make mention of costs, did it actually cost $8,000 USD? I can understand if that was the ballpark cost with the hours of work required.
Wow amazing work ! I'm an ex London chroming company polisher and tbh they never would have been able to do that, you're repair man is especially skilled, great job.👍👍
Amazing results aside, I'm thoroughly impressed by the attention to detail, as well as the explanation as to why there needs to be such attention. Brilliant work and workmanship.
Just retired after 48 years doing the same thing. Production manager at several companies. Started in 1973, just retired in 2020. Processed parts for the aerospace, Automotive, and MOD customers. I noticed your based in Coventry. One of my last companies major customer was Eumatic. One of our sites was the major supplier of Zinc plated parts to them. Many years ago I also worked in Coventry for the Chalcon Group of companies based in Walsall. Enjoyed the video. Took me back to my operator days doing classic car repairs at William Bates in Walsall. Many years ago. 👍
Metal insert brought the strength back lead fill meant all holes sealed and brought surface up to where it could be filed and polished back. All the rust has gone gone gone. Then all the polishing and plating processes awesome. It’s fixed permanently. Great Job
For anyone thinking of DIY plating, watch what it really takes a professional shop to achieve a flawless finish. I consider myself a stickler for cleanliness before I do my painting, but these guys must all be saints at heart to have the discipline to continuously do these cleaning steps. I guess if you want show stopping results, the devil is in these preparation details … regardless of the industry your in good solid preparation makes the finished product easier to achieve; in some cases it’s the only way.
My dad has had the hobby of restoring old cars. When I was 13 I chose a 1964 Malibu Chevelle sedan bare metal body to rebuild as my very first car to learn how to drive in and as my very first vehicle. Nothing made of chrome he has ever sent out to have it re-chromed. If it's rust isn't severe enough that it has caused pitting, it can look almost as good as new just with some wd-40 and a wadded ball of aluminum foil. This was also the method used to keep an industrial guillotine paper cutter table surface smooth and rust free for the very heavy paper to move and rotate around without excessive friction. It will restore chrome to a mirror finish as long as it hasn't rusted to the point that has caused pitting into the surface. Spray a little wd-40 on the surface and then rub the area with the wadded up ball of aluminum foil until the rust has been taken off and has mixed into a black residue that can be easily cleaned off with a clean towel or rag. This has always just been done by hand and it doesn't require any special power tools or special chemicals.
Repairing the bumper with lead? I´m prette shure thats tin the repair guy is using. Led is grey and cheap, very soft and no good to spackel cars with. Tin on the other hand is silverish, expensive (the kind you use on cars) and a great base for copper an chrome plating.
Nice work! As an alternative to plating build-up, have you considered using brass/bronze flame spray? (with temporary backing in holes to allow it to fill the gap). I've seen on pot-metal chrome restorer use this build up metal to add on and replace missing bits / fill pits in pot metal. (I.e. panel beat a sheet of brass for the backside, then thermal spray (instead of lead) the holes to fill them in and build up a thickness of metal equivalent to the steel gauge. E.g. ruclips.net/video/jjX_Sul43G0/видео.html
No shortcuts! Do it right or don't do it all. I had my fender "rechromed" in California.....3 years later, it's "decrhoming" . Shady work.. never again. The only thing they "restored" was their wallet.
@@antonioramos5257 I agree, which is why I'm a bit dubous about backfilling with lead vs a much more solid material - the flame sprayed bronze/brass. A harder underlying surface that accepts a multitude of chroming processes very well. AND it's lighter.
@@rkriisk Well there is a need: It's called speed and efficiency. Just because something has been used for 100+ years doesn't mean it's the best. We have advanced technology and materials now that are vastly superior than what existed even thirty years ago nevermind a hundred.
@@rkriisk BS. What are you talking about? Most people care about time especially the people paying for it and the company doing the work. Time is money and if you can do it faster and maintain quality and even improve it it's ALWAYS better. The abestos analogy doesn't work. Try something like carbon fibre for the aerospace industry or 3D metal printing and multidimensional CNC. Your claims are laughable.
That’s a terrible old fashioned method of making repairs. The front rusted section should have been completely cut out till solid metal could be welded to and a new piece of metal formed to the open area and edge welded to the old piece. That will not last long in weather.
It's a hell of a lot of work but really it was worth all the effort! I have a special place for the DB5 as I went in one as a kids before I watched the Bond Movie which was just the icing on the cake. A motor I'll never drive let alone own so well done to the lucky owner of what I assume is an epic restoration job!
Excellent attention to detail with the DB5 Aston Martin rear bumper repair. Hopefully cars of lesser pedigree receive similar attention. It's obvious why properly chromed pieces are costly to restore. Well done guys. 👍
I so disagree with your process. Taking the stripped metal first to polish and grinding is patently absurd. Lead is really soft and the chrome coating will crack over It eventually. Brass would have been a much better choice if you had to go with a dissimilar metal. As to the car, it's a piece of shit with dubious antiquated engineering even for 1964 the worst of steel ever forged, except for every other rusted-out British car and the crappiest electrical system ever... Lucas which is a standing joke all by itself. I love the style and I love the mystique of the Bond movies and the romance but frankly, the DB5 is so unreliable they made fun of the car and its reliability in several of the movies.
@@ChromeandCarRestoration I understand your opinion I just disagree that's all further vaporized lead is so known to be dangerous to a technician's health at this point.
Lead is the right way if you can't do micro work with the tig welder. Sadly my area we literally cannot legally work with lead and a micro tig weld is the only way to do this it takes hours for a part like this and frequently isn't worth it compared to just finding getting or making a new fab part.
@@twcmaker I agree entirely. Seems kids today either don’t want to work or are not interested in anything but their phone. I have a friend who has a very successful engineering company but he’s now actively selling it as his workforce are all at retirement age. He’s tried many years to get local kids from collages etc to put on as apprentices to no avail. Most don’t last the week.
Can't even get them to show up regularly much less put real effort into anything,forget about pride in quality or attention to detail. Then they bitch about things being messed up and low quality. I am bracing for very bad times ahead with a lot of these idiots not making it and taking more down with them. Who is John Galt?
amazing job you have done, I had my DB4 bumpers rechromed 25 years ago and stored them ,while they weren't as bad as yours the front had been crashed so had to be repaired, the chrome shop put extra coats on as yours however the attention to detail wasn't 100% and there are some marks which is frustrating .However I'm now finishing the restoration and while not 100% concours its not too bad .I know so much more now in 2024 but in 1986 I was a greenhorn . I'm interested to know the cost please as Bumpers can be bought new now made in Stainless steel for around 2,500 UKP for both front & rear ,made in Vietnam. However I'm a big believer in repairing rather than replacing . The skills your team has go to make the UK the top country in the world for classic car restoration. Well done and thank you for sharing some of the secrets of your complex work, regards Marcus (NZ)
I'm still trying to understand how the anodes "see" certain parts of a part to be chromed for instance with this bumper wouldn't there need to be anodes over top of the underside of the bumper to get plated in that area? How does the unseen side of the bumper get plating on it because I thought electroplating worked line of sight?
It is not exactly line of sight. The nearer the anode the more plating it gets and the further away the less. (High and low current density areas). So the back of a bumper gets far less plating as the current density gets less as you go into the concave surface. Brackets also cast shadows (the bracket gets the power to the metal behind it causing little or no plating to be deposited. The backs of bumpers should be painted before re-fitting.
Thank you so much my friend. I have all my life wondered what was involved in the magic of chrome. I have worked in the Car Industry forever and knew the basics of Chrome but always had questions. And you Matey have shown us in systematic detail why is costs what it does to get a great Bumper Repair/Restore and Chrome. Now all I need to do is find someone that can do what you do in Australia. And that could be a challenge because Australian Industry has all but closed forever which is so sad and makes it hard for me to keep my doors open. But I will persevere a little longer. Thanks again for your superb in depth video, it was very appreciated. Max
Thanks for the kind comments. My father who founded the company worked in Australia for a few years in the 1960's. He worked at the Moonee Ponds Plating Co.
@@ChromeandCarRestoration Hey my friend, Mooney ponds is a well known suburb and lots of performance cars, rods and vintage testis have come from there. I'm in Sydney's western suburbs. Love that you speak of your Father with Honour. Send me the name of your company and I will look you up and give you a call. Always good to have a friend in the same game that is passionate in their work. Max
One of my first jobs while still in high school was working at a plater But they only did Military parts for the 8-wheeled "LAV" I ended up doing 2 jobs One of Sandblasting And Zinc priming And Plating steel rods that i think were for suspension Or A type of lifter Next door to use was a Englishman that reproduced A/C cobras And use to race Astons And other track cars in the 60's Loved talking with him And learning about cars
You should just make a new bumper, and before you ask yes I could, 40 years in the trade. I'm a fabricator not a plater so I make no comment on the plating other than saying beautiful finish.
The balls do a few different things. They reduce evaporation, the tank has an exhaust system pulling the noxious fumes away. Secondly, they help keep the heat in the solution, the water, acid and chrome or copper has to be kept warm to function correctly. They help with splashing too. They are basically ping pong balls with a thicker wall.
im working on a original equipped 1960 chevy bel air, the chrome looks a little sad and as far is i can see no holes in the bumpers, is that a job you would take on?
The metal guy needs new gloves! I hope he wears a mask when working with lead. If you need a couple of hundred rusty old chrome bumpers I have about a thousand of them.
Why not tig welds to repair the holes. I've seen a vid of a guy welding tin foil so it is not the thickness of the metal that would be a problem given the right equipment and welder. Spray welding may also work.
This is impressive, well done as a 20 yr paintless dent repair technician fixing hail damaged vehicles...the art of finishing is highly coveted in my opinion, you have an incredible talent
Wow, outstanding and impressive work of art, this is the first time in my life that I see the process, a very methodic, complicated and time consuming process, my most expressive thanks to each and everyone that one way or another collaborated to make it possible and bring it to us, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico, Jesús Torres.
Takes me back, my first job was in a company in folkestone Kent, county electro plating, I as 16 years old, never did anything to scale tho, very nice work guys
I am absolutey gobsmacked, so to speak! Not only your shop with all of the necessary equipment, but the skill and knowledge of all seen here. The DB5 has a special place in my heart... when I was maybe 10 years old, long story short, I got to sit in a fully-equipped James Bond version during its transport process. Still a dream to own one someday!
Glad you liked the video. Aston Martin are making some Goldfinger DB5s for sale. I believe they are over $4 million each. We did some of the chrome on them.
I am enjoying the video immensely I would however like to offer a little advice on the audio (I am a professional photographer, many decades, and did 5 years in video and film) always view a finished production before you cast it and always tweek your audio so it has a consistent audio level throughout the film, yours has very noticeable differences in levels…
What the hell did I just watch all the way through?? I don't know why I couldn't stop watching this video. Those guy's deserve a beer a cheers to their amazing work.
Same here.
I would never have imagined that was even possible with the bumper that far gone. Been waiting years for a video this detailed. Thanks for taking the time and effort. A true artisan.
Exceptional video!
What you do is top quality art! The amount of work necessary to have a quality finish will never be understood by some. I recently had a vintage Italian bicycle frame chromed and had raving reviews by many people. When they asked how much to get it done, they said it’s too expensive. Not to those who appreciate a massive skill set.
Congratulations!
Nice to hear from someone who knows the difference.
Thanks for not skipping the details. I've been doing some nickel and nickel cobalt plating at home and it's nice to compare my workflow with the real deal. So far, I've not used the copper step but now I can see why it's so important.
Glad to help
Was given a old electroplating machine yesterday and need to understand how to use it,these steps were very helpful.
What an amazing transformation. True craftsmanship and skill to achieve it. Thanks for sharing the process.
Fantastic video and exceptional work. When the guy that needs his ORIGINAL bumper restored asks why it cost $8 grand you can show him why with this video!
I didn't hear him make mention of costs, did it actually cost $8,000 USD? I can understand if that was the ballpark cost with the hours of work required.
What about lead fumes? Dangerous to inhale.
Wow amazing work ! I'm an ex London chroming company polisher and tbh they never would have been able to do that, you're repair man is especially skilled, great job.👍👍
Thanks for the kind comments
This bumper is from a £3 Million Aston Martin DB5. Think, "Bond, James Bond", Goldfinger.
man, LEAD - I thought that stuff was illegal now.
Did a fair bit of this on a '47 Chev Fleetmaster.
Not pleasant stuff, especially the filing!
How did people get anything done before the D/A sander?
Very damn slowly, I'd think.
I thought the bumper was too far gone, amazing restoration.
We try our best with what we are given
A Citroen DS is a MUCH cooler car, just a bit newer though.
Like fixing a boat-ramped Datsun in NZ...
Thanks for sharing the incredible skill and unmatched level of quality exhibited by these workers.
Many thanks
I'd thought that lead wiping was a dead art. Boy, was I wrong! :D
Old school craftsmanship. Amazing quality. Well done.
Thanks
Amazing results aside, I'm thoroughly impressed by the attention to detail, as well as the explanation as to why there needs to be such attention. Brilliant work and workmanship.
Thanks. Happy you enjoyed it
Just retired after 48 years doing the same thing. Production manager at several companies. Started in 1973, just retired in 2020. Processed parts for the aerospace, Automotive, and MOD customers. I noticed your based in Coventry. One of my last companies major customer was Eumatic. One of our sites was the major supplier of Zinc plated parts to them. Many years ago I also worked in Coventry for the Chalcon Group of companies based in Walsall. Enjoyed the video. Took me back to my operator days doing classic car repairs at William Bates in Walsall. Many years ago. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
he must mean disrepair lol exceptional work
Really nice work. I frequently recommend you and your company to people who ring us asking for old parts to be re-chromed, it's a finish we don't do.
Metal insert brought the strength back lead fill meant all holes sealed and brought surface up to where it could be filed and polished back. All the rust has gone gone gone. Then all the polishing and plating processes awesome. It’s fixed permanently. Great Job
For anyone thinking of DIY plating, watch what it really takes a professional shop to achieve a flawless finish.
I consider myself a stickler for cleanliness before I do my painting, but these guys must all be saints at heart to have the discipline to continuously do these cleaning steps. I guess if you want show stopping results, the devil is in these preparation details … regardless of the industry your in good solid preparation makes the finished product easier to achieve; in some cases it’s the only way.
You are dead right
My dad has had the hobby of restoring old cars. When I was 13 I chose a 1964 Malibu Chevelle sedan bare metal body to rebuild as my very first car to learn how to drive in and as my very first vehicle.
Nothing made of chrome he has ever sent out to have it re-chromed. If it's rust isn't severe enough that it has caused pitting, it can look almost as good as new just with some wd-40 and a wadded ball of aluminum foil.
This was also the method used to keep an industrial guillotine paper cutter table surface smooth and rust free for the very heavy paper to move and rotate around without excessive friction. It will restore chrome to a mirror finish as long as it hasn't rusted to the point that has caused pitting into the surface. Spray a little wd-40 on the surface and then rub the area with the wadded up ball of aluminum foil until the rust has been taken off and has mixed into a black residue that can be easily cleaned off with a clean towel or rag. This has always just been done by hand and it doesn't require any special power tools or special chemicals.
Sounds Good. What a great first car. I have a 72 Malibu Chevelle.
Repairing the bumper with lead? I´m prette shure thats tin the repair guy is using. Led is grey and cheap, very soft and no good to spackel cars with. Tin on the other hand is silverish, expensive (the kind you use on cars) and a great base for copper an chrome plating.
We only use the correct type of lead to spackel cars!
It just shows that anything can be repaired! Great save! Thanks for sharing this video! 😎👍
Nice work! As an alternative to plating build-up, have you considered using brass/bronze flame spray? (with temporary backing in holes to allow it to fill the gap). I've seen on pot-metal chrome restorer use this build up metal to add on and replace missing bits / fill pits in pot metal. (I.e. panel beat a sheet of brass for the backside, then thermal spray (instead of lead) the holes to fill them in and build up a thickness of metal equivalent to the steel gauge. E.g. ruclips.net/video/jjX_Sul43G0/видео.html
Thanks for the video link. This is a system I had not seen before. I will find out more about it.
No shortcuts! Do it right or don't do it all. I had my fender "rechromed" in California.....3 years later, it's "decrhoming" . Shady work.. never again. The only thing they "restored" was their wallet.
@@antonioramos5257 I agree, which is why I'm a bit dubous about backfilling with lead vs a much more solid material - the flame sprayed bronze/brass. A harder underlying surface that accepts a multitude of chroming processes very well. AND it's lighter.
@@rkriisk Well there is a need: It's called speed and efficiency. Just because something has been used for 100+ years doesn't mean it's the best. We have advanced technology and materials now that are vastly superior than what existed even thirty years ago nevermind a hundred.
@@rkriisk BS. What are you talking about? Most people care about time especially the people paying for it and the company doing the work. Time is money and if you can do it faster and maintain quality and even improve it it's ALWAYS better. The abestos analogy doesn't work. Try something like carbon fibre for the aerospace industry or 3D metal printing and multidimensional CNC. Your claims are laughable.
Now I know why rechroming costs a fortune. Same goes for a spot-on oldtimer.
Special rust speed holes were only for the racing Astons.
And that's how real chrome work is done old schoolcraftsmanship and done in Britain
Great to see chaps
We are trying to keep the skills alive
Lead expensive? It's 2.13 USD per kilo.
Wow, it is about 15x the cost here in UK
Where do you guys get all the Acids to chrome plating to gold plating? And the rest of the acids for the process?
Chemical Supplier
Buy that man some new gloves for Christs sakes!!Love your work gents
Thanks
That’s a terrible old fashioned method of making repairs. The front rusted section should have been completely cut out till solid metal could be welded to and a new piece of metal formed to the open area and edge welded to the old piece. That will not last long in weather.
I agree your method is better but more costly. This method is what the customer wanted to keep costs down.
It's a hell of a lot of work but really it was worth all the effort! I have a special place for the DB5 as I went in one as a kids before I watched the Bond Movie which was just the icing on the cake. A motor I'll never drive let alone own so well done to the lucky owner of what I assume is an epic restoration job!
Lovely cars but unfortunately, way beyond the means of most mortals pockets since the values have gone up.
Good job there Baldrick, i bet you were glad to see the back of that job !
Yes. It was not easy
I think the leading guy deserves a new pair of gloves!
Agreed
Good thing he's wearing gloves...
Those are his stunt gloves for the video.
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How much did it cost to restore and/or what did the customer pay?
I wish the video quality had been better on this.
Me too. This was filmed before I got some lights to improve the video quality.
Your lead work guy needs a new pair of gloves
Agreed.
Excellent attention to detail with the DB5 Aston Martin rear bumper repair. Hopefully cars of lesser pedigree receive similar attention. It's obvious why properly chromed pieces are costly to restore. Well done guys. 👍
All jobs get the attention they need. Value of the vehicle doesn't alter the amount of work needed.
I so disagree with your process. Taking the stripped metal first to polish and grinding is patently absurd. Lead is really soft and the chrome coating will crack over It eventually. Brass would have been a much better choice if you had to go with a dissimilar metal.
As to the car, it's a piece of shit with dubious antiquated engineering even for 1964 the worst of steel ever forged, except for every other rusted-out British car and the crappiest electrical system ever... Lucas which is a standing joke all by itself. I love the style and I love the mystique of the Bond movies and the romance but frankly, the DB5 is so unreliable they made fun of the car and its reliability in several of the movies.
Thanks for the input. I look forward to seeing your video showing your better process.
@@ChromeandCarRestoration I understand your opinion I just disagree that's all further vaporized lead is so known to be dangerous to a technician's health at this point.
Thank you.
Lead is the right way if you can't do micro work with the tig welder. Sadly my area we literally cannot legally work with lead and a micro tig weld is the only way to do this it takes hours for a part like this and frequently isn't worth it compared to just finding getting or making a new fab part.
Gotta say the plating is REALLY on point here.
For reference ive seen our tig guy practicing for parts like this with metal foil is how fine you can get with the right machine.
Fantastic job. Your details are now in my contacts which I will gladly pass on to my Classic car mechanic and fellow members of the Rolls Royce Club.
Many thanks for that. Very Kind.
This is all great,though no one can do this at home for obvious reasons,and you doing this I,m sure isn’t cheap,awesome work though
I think he might need some new gloves ;)
Plenty of life in them gloves yet! 😉
@@ChromeandCarRestoration The man deserves new gloves, let some moths loose! :) Beautifull work, thanks for sharing.
So good to see real craftsman at work. Sadly these guys are nearing retirement and there’s a huge shortage of people like this.
Huge problem nowadays. Kids just aren't coming through.
@@twcmaker I agree entirely. Seems kids today either don’t want to work or are not interested in anything but their phone. I have a friend who has a very successful engineering company but he’s now actively selling it as his workforce are all at retirement age. He’s tried many years to get local kids from collages etc to put on as apprentices to no avail. Most don’t last the week.
Yea, guys that want lead poisoning...
Can't even get them to show up regularly much less put real effort into anything,forget about pride in quality or attention to detail. Then they bitch about things being messed up and low quality. I am bracing for very bad times ahead with a lot of these idiots not making it and taking more down with them. Who is John Galt?
Amazing job.. Brilliant
Thanks
amazing job you have done, I had my DB4 bumpers rechromed 25 years ago and stored them ,while they weren't as bad as yours the front had been crashed so had to be repaired, the chrome shop put extra coats on as yours however the attention to detail wasn't 100% and there are some marks which is frustrating .However I'm now finishing the restoration and while not 100% concours its not too bad .I know so much more now in 2024 but in 1986 I was a greenhorn . I'm interested to know the cost please as Bumpers can be bought new now made in Stainless steel for around 2,500 UKP for both front & rear ,made in Vietnam. However I'm a big believer in repairing rather than replacing . The skills your team has go to make the UK the top country in the world for classic car restoration. Well done and thank you for sharing some of the secrets of your complex work, regards Marcus (NZ)
I'm still trying to understand how the anodes "see" certain parts of a part to be chromed for instance with this bumper wouldn't there need to be anodes over top of the underside of the bumper to get plated in that area? How does the unseen side of the bumper get plating on it because I thought electroplating worked line of sight?
It is not exactly line of sight. The nearer the anode the more plating it gets and the further away the less. (High and low current density areas). So the back of a bumper gets far less plating as the current density gets less as you go into the concave surface. Brackets also cast shadows (the bracket gets the power to the metal behind it causing little or no plating to be deposited. The backs of bumpers should be painted before re-fitting.
@@ChromeandCarRestoration That helps me to understand it better, thanks for the explanation it's interesting.
Thank you so much my friend. I have all my life wondered what was involved in the magic of chrome. I have worked in the Car Industry forever and knew the basics of Chrome but always had questions. And you Matey have shown us in systematic detail why is costs what it does to get a great Bumper Repair/Restore and Chrome. Now all I need to do is find someone that can do what you do in Australia. And that could be a challenge because Australian Industry has all but closed forever which is so sad and makes it hard for me to keep my doors open. But I will persevere a little longer. Thanks again for your superb in depth video, it was very appreciated. Max
Thanks for the kind comments. My father who founded the company worked in Australia for a few years in the 1960's. He worked at the Moonee Ponds Plating Co.
@@ChromeandCarRestoration Hey my friend, Mooney ponds is a well known suburb and lots of performance cars, rods and vintage testis have come from there. I'm in Sydney's western suburbs. Love that you speak of your Father with Honour. Send me the name of your company and I will look you up and give you a call. Always good to have a friend in the same game that is passionate in their work. Max
So many important tips.
Glad you think so!
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Didn't know Aston Martin once offered a lacework bumper as an option...
One of my first jobs while still in high school was working at a plater But they only did Military parts for the 8-wheeled "LAV" I ended up doing 2 jobs One of Sandblasting And Zinc priming And Plating steel rods that i think were for suspension Or A type of lifter Next door to use was a Englishman that reproduced A/C cobras And use to race Astons And other track cars in the 60's Loved talking with him And learning about cars
Very labor intensive.
Very
God bless these artisans!!!
Thankyou
Wow you guys are like those super heroes that fell in toxic green liquid and have super powers.
You should just make a new bumper, and before you ask yes I could, 40 years in the trade. I'm a fabricator not a plater so I make no comment on the plating other than saying beautiful finish.
Those gloves have more holes than my current relationship lol
Sounds expensive
@@ChromeandCarRestoration indeed!
Wow. Now I kind of want copper plated bumpers for my truck.
How thin was that bumper when it was new?
They are quite thin when new.
What are the beads/ball things floating in the tanks
Croffles
The balls do a few different things. They reduce evaporation, the tank has an exhaust system pulling the noxious fumes away. Secondly, they help keep the heat in the solution, the water, acid and chrome or copper has to be kept warm to function correctly. They help with splashing too. They are basically ping pong balls with a thicker wall.
im working on a original equipped 1960 chevy bel air, the chrome looks a little sad and as far is i can see no holes in the bumpers, is that a job you would take on?
The metal guy needs new gloves! I hope he wears a mask when working with lead. If you need a couple of hundred rusty old chrome bumpers I have about a thousand of them.
Why not tig welds to repair the holes. I've seen a vid of a guy welding tin foil so it is not the thickness of the metal that would be a problem given the right equipment and welder. Spray welding may also work.
Thanks Charlie!
Thanks
Polishing spindle - is that the same as a linishing machine?
Excuse my ignorance...
Superb, quality workmanship there lads.
Is it dangerous to work with lead like that? Can you get my man some new gloves? He looks like a Dickens character.
No one answered on my enquiries WhatsApp phone email completely no answer
Did the owner have to sell the car to pay for repairs to the bumper? This appears to be an expensive process.
Today I learned why chrome is so expensive.
...is it weird that I kinda like the look of the copper-plated bumper? Like put it on an all black or all white car?
This is impressive, well done as a 20 yr paintless dent repair technician fixing hail damaged vehicles...the art of finishing is highly coveted in my opinion, you have an incredible talent
Our metalwork guy is very good.
Very interesting.
Glad you think so!
Wow, outstanding and impressive work of art, this is the first time in my life that I see the process, a very methodic, complicated and time consuming process, my most expressive thanks to each and everyone that one way or another collaborated to make it possible and bring it to us, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico, Jesús Torres.
Thank you very much!
@@ChromeandCarRestoration most kind of you guys, please keep up the good work, blessings to all of you guys.
Who's the company? UK based ?
That was a lot of work.
Well done guys, the end result was superb, I bet the customer was really chuffed with that👍👏
Thanks 👍
now l know why the db5 owner broke down in tears when l tapped his bumper whilst parking
That’s pretty wavy. It’s shiny but it’s not straight.
Nice love it !!
Thanks
Fabulous...
Will someone please buy that man a new pair of gloves.
Awesome work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Takes me back, my first job was in a company in folkestone Kent, county electro plating, I as 16 years old, never did anything to scale tho, very nice work guys
Happy you enjoyed it
Beautiful 👌
Thanks a lot 😊
Thank you. Very informative.
If it was mine i would have made new in stainless. (yes i know its not original).
serious skill
Many thanks
I am absolutey gobsmacked, so to speak! Not only your shop with all of the necessary equipment, but the skill and knowledge of all seen here. The DB5 has a special place in my heart... when I was maybe 10 years old, long story short, I got to sit in a fully-equipped James Bond version during its transport process. Still a dream to own one someday!
Glad you liked the video. Aston Martin are making some Goldfinger DB5s for sale. I believe they are over $4 million each. We did some of the chrome on them.
For this much effort , I would rather copy it .
Wow that's a beautiful result. Well done guys! Got me thinking about some of my old drum hardware...
I am enjoying the video immensely I would however like to offer a little advice on the audio (I am a professional photographer, many decades, and did 5 years in video and film) always view a finished production before you cast it and always tweek your audio so it has a consistent audio level throughout the film, yours has very noticeable differences in levels…
Thanks for the tips!
Babbling !
Always
Wonderful!!! Very highly professional!!!
Wow, how proud you must be to be doing this kind of work. Just amazing, what an education!. Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
I am horrified about the amount of labour that goes into this.
This is so fake just look at the clock on the wall it is old and he uses his hair to make it look nice so great thanks for nothing
Why does the chrome not permanently stop rust ?