Hi Kurt,
None of the parts were re-chromed. I replaced a few of the small parts (a few nuts and bolts where I had identical ones available), but otherwise they are original. I worked on all the badly rusted parts with a chemical bath, then with a Dremel tool and finally with non-abrasive polish.
The aluminum anodized parts still show salt stain. To remove all of the stain would have removed too much of the anodizing. So I chose to allow some stain to remain -- it's called patina!
David
Kurt Sperry wrote:
> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> Love the Art Stump preservation. That's high folk art. The tuning on
> the
> parts is stunning and mechanically pretty sane and conservative
> compared to
> some too. I'm amazed how well all the anodizing held up to salt air.
> Did
> you rechrome all the badly rusted bits or replace them?
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA
> USA