[CR] Clear coat in place of old chrome

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:08:31 -0400
From: "Dmitry Yaitskov" <dima@rogers.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Clear coat in place of old chrome


Hi,

I have an Airlite hub - one of those with a steel chromed barrel and alloy flanges - on which most of the chrome has rusted away. I polished off the rust and what remained of the chrome, and now it is all pretty and shiny - but of course, prone to rust very quickly again as nothing stands between steel and the elements. I thought that perhaps I could clear-coat it to prevent corrosion - has anybody done that, and if so exactly how you did it and what were the results? Your thoughts on this would be much appreciated.

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Cheers,
Dmitry Yaitskov,
Toronto, Canada.