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trampintransit · Joined: 09 Aug 2010 Posts: 166 Location: Edinburgh

So...somebody told me the other day that rechroming is now illegal? Is it? ... I'm needing a bumber rechromed...

trampintransit · Joined: 09 Aug 2010 Posts: 166 Location: Edinburgh

..a brief trawl of tinterweb suggests that there's plenty of folk rechroming....so what was that story about? Has there been more regulations places on the proccess making it more expensive, forcing folk out of business?

petermeachem · Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Posts: 358 Location: Chichester Sussex

Maybe one of the made up stories about some random thing being illegal quickly followed by a rant against the EU?
I can imagine chroming a complete car might be iffy, but not a bumper

trampintransit · Joined: 09 Aug 2010 Posts: 166 Location: Edinburgh

...chroming a complete car...now there's an idea!!

Dunno where I heard that story...you're right , I should have googled first.

Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

Hi
I'm sure this topic came up recently on here, but I am dashed if I can find the thread now.
I think it boiled down to an EU regulation change proposal.

Hi again.
I was wrong, it was on another forum. here is the quote:-

norustplease · Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 779 Location: Lancashire

I think that the potential ban relates to hard chrome, rather than decorative chrome finishes.
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Ray White · Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6336 Location: Derby

This threat has been around for a few years. A chrome plating company once told me that there are several options open to them but the most likely replacement will produce a very slight blue tint.

Last year Nun Street Plating in Derby was in the news as someone made a serious error with dangerous chemicals. The area had to be evacuated for fear of an explosion!

I had driven past in my '26 Dodge tourer only the day before. Shocked

goneps · Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:01 pm Post subject:

I believe zinc dichromate ('yellow zinc') plating was banned quite a few years ago by the EU. Cadmium plating is also under threat—as far as I'm aware, Air New Zealand's maintenance operation is the only outfit in this country to have permission to use the cadmium plating process, a particular exception being made to meet aviation specifications.

Richard

baconsdozen · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Under the car.

I seem to remember reading that some of the chemicals used in chroming are incredibly toxic and very difficult and therefore expensive to dispose of when exhausted. I believe there are already very complex regulations re the handling and disposal of these,probably the reason behind any talk of a ban or further regulation is there have been instances where someone somewhere has not followed the existing safeguards.
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kevin2306 · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:12 pm Post subject:

A place local to me has just closed, they did zinc and cad plating but from chatting to the old owner before it closed he had had a gutful of the regulations so retired and sold the land for housing.
The local powder coaters has retired too!

Kev

baconsdozen · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Under the car.

A sad tale and I would imagine similar to what is happening to lots of businesses of all shapes and sizes up and down the country.
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