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Restoring Vintage-Antique Chrome Furniture

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Hello,

My husband and I have been selling fabulous and unique 1950's era chrome dinette sets for many years now. We restore tables and chairs as needed and have always had exceptional results using the process of applying chrome polish to buff out areas after removing any rust or corrosion, albeit we tend to avoid any chrome in this condition. However, where needed we find that it just takes a lot of elbow grease to obtain optimal results restoring these wonderful tables, chairs and dinette sets to their original state.

Roxanne C [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- San Jose, California, USA

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Roxanne: chrome polish and elbow grease is an affordable and practical approach in many cases. But once there has been rust, it means the chrome is perforated--and polishing it doesn't repair it, it remains a high maintenance issue with only regular polishing and rewaxing limiting the rusting. Although replating is rather expensive expensive, that's the way to truly restore the set to original condition. You might want to align yourself with a local plating shop so you have this option.

Ted Mooney, P.E. finishing.com Brick, New Jersey

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I would love to know where we can buy replacement feet for our 1950's chrome dinette set, especially the table legs. They are the double legs that are curved at the top and joined at the bottom, so we need something similar to a figure 8 to place at the bottom of the chrome to protect the floor. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Kimee L [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Orangevale, California

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Where do I find a place to do replating? I live in the Bay Area.

Thanks,

Ben H [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Albany, California, USA

Ed. note: There are some plating shops in the Bay area listed in our Directory of Jobshops, Ben. Good luck.

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I have a 1950's Retro Chrome red metalic dinette set(I think a Douglass) with curved legs and I am missing one of the 8 legs. Where can I get replacement legs?
Thanks,

Janice M [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Bellerose, N.Y., USA