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Chrome table and chairs





2005

I recently traded my wood Dining Room table for a chrome; glass top table.
I have mostly antiques and wood furniture.
I was wondering if there is any way of making the shiny chrome look like a brushed silver,
or put any type of finish on the chrome to give it a diff. color.
The table is about 30+ yrs. old and is in excellent cond. When purchased 30+ yrs. ago the cost was $2300.+.
I would appreciate any help you could give me.

Sincerely,

Allison A. Porter
Realestate Agent / Valley Realeste Sevices - Cincinnati, Ohio, United States



You won't make chrome look like silver (the metal is a very different color), and you won't make a polished surface look like a brushed surface (it's a different texture). If you don't like the shiny look of the chrome, my suggestion would be to have a plating shop strip the chrome, leaving the underlying nickel exposed. This is quite an easy process, and will give you a more dull metallic look, as nickel tarnishes and it has a slightly yellow cast to it as opposed to the blue cast of chrome. Of course, no guarantee that you will like it.

Ted Mooney, finishing.com
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2005




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