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I want to purchase a plastic chroming system and want some feed back

I am a 60 year old body shop manager, I have been in the body shop business all my life.
I want to start a plastic chroming business that I can work for a couple of years , with my son and then give it to him. I am interested in any feedback. I this works I would like to expand this business into powder coating also.

Edward Kirn
plastic chroming - Atlanta, Georgia
2006

Start with the powder coating instead. It's simpler, less expensive, and more environmentally benign :-)

Or consider a "chrome-look paint" operation. Real plating on plastic is a major industrial undertaking, with a plating line of 15 to 20 vats, most with heating and cooling, filtration, DC power supplies, agitation, exhaust ventilation, etc.; and you would need to hire someone with years of experience as well.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2006

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