RE: [vintagvw] Resilvering light reflectors
Volks, Phooey. I talked to the nice people at Madison Glass Co. (see below). They re-silver glass mirrors and glass reflectors - but not metal reflectors. The guy recommended a couple of chrome-plating shops that I know. I thanked him politely and hung up: chrome plating does NOT make for a good reflector. (It actually absorbs some of the light, as it's really a shade of gray.) The Uvira people out in Oregon* got back to me: They will re-do a precipitated-aluminum (automotive-type) reflector for $75 per light - IF you get it first stripped, cleaned, polished, and pre-plated with copper and nickel. Too Cadillacky for my Volkswagenesque budget. The search goes on. Any ideas? Bert Knupp *Uvira, Inc. 310 Pleasant Valley Rd. Merlin, OR 97532 Telephone: +1.541.956.6880 From: vintagvw@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintagvw@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Evans Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 8:30 PM To: vintagvw@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Digest for vintagvw@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic Geographically, you're in the perfect spot. Madison Glass Co. LLC 3257 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN 37216 http://www.madisonglasscompany.com (615) 262-1377 Can do the re-silvering and people from all over the country ship things to be chrome plated at Chromemasters or Leonard Plating. I have used both. Leonard's can do many types of plating and Chromemasters specializes in show chrome. On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:28 PM, vintagvw@googlegroups.com wrote: Today's Topic Summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/topics . Re-silvering light reflectors [1 Update] Re-silvering light reflectors Bert Knupp bert.kn...@comcast.net Apr 06 02:19PM -0500 Volks, The 15 cm Hella spotlight on my Copbug is showing its age: the silvering is corroded away from the outer rim of the reflector and there's some rusting of the underlying steel. (The Hella fog lights have the same problem, though I've bought them some time using 3M stick-on foil.) Some of the other antique-car forums have reported good results from an Oregon company called Uvira, so I've written them. But I'd like to know of any re-silvering shops that y'all might have used that did good work for a reasonable price. Any recommendations? Bert Knupp in Music City USA -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: [vintagvw] Resilvering light reflectors
Bert, Supper mirror powder coating...cheap and might be worth a shot?..but if you think chrome is not good enough, then poweder coating may not be either. I, for certain do not have enough info...if you can do plastic vapor deposition on plastic and have it be bright and shiny enough to suit most people, then what is it that they are depositing on the plasticchrome?...or some sort of silvering? Cheers, dave On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Bert Knupp wrote: Volks, Phooey. I talked to the nice people at Madison Glass Co. (see below). They re-silver glass mirrors and glass reflectors – but not metal reflectors. The guy recommended a couple of chrome-plating shops that I know. I thanked him politely and hung up: chrome plating does NOT make for a good reflector. (It actually absorbs some of the light, as it's really a shade of gray.) The Uvira people out in Oregon* got back to me: They will re-do a precipitated-aluminum (automotive-type) reflector for $75 per light – IF you get it first stripped, cleaned, polished, and pre-plated with copper and nickel. Too Cadillacky for my Volkswagenesque budget. The search goes on. Any ideas? Bert Knupp *Uvira, Inc. 310 Pleasant Valley Rd. Merlin, OR 97532 Telephone: +1.541.956.6880 From: vintagvw@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintagvw@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Evans Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 8:30 PM To: vintagvw@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Digest for vintagvw@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic Geographically, you're in the perfect spot. Madison Glass Co. LLC 3257 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN 37216 http://www.madisonglasscompany.com (615) 262-1377 Can do the re-silvering and people from all over the country ship things to be chrome plated at Chromemasters or Leonard Plating. I have used both. Leonard's can do many types of plating and Chromemasters specializes in show chrome. On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:28 PM, vintagvw@googlegroups.com wrote: Today's Topic Summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/topics • Re-silvering light reflectors [1 Update] Re-silvering light reflectors Bert Knupp bert.kn...@comcast.net Apr 06 02:19PM -0500 Volks, The 15 cm Hella spotlight on my Copbug is showing its age: the silvering is corroded away from the outer rim of the reflector and there’s some rusting of the underlying steel. (The Hella fog lights have the same problem, though I’ve bought them some time using 3M stick-on foil.) Some of the other antique-car forums have reported good results from an Oregon company called Uvira, so I’ve written them. But I’d like to know of any re-silvering shops that y’all might have used that did good work for a reasonable price. Any recommendations? Bert Knupp in Music City USA -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [vintagvw] Resilvering light reflectors
Bert, I had some Model A reflectors done a few years ago locally. And it wasn't cheap. I think it was like 160 bucks for two. But they did a really nice job. Only other options I can see is silver paint, or mylar tape. But your results might vary. -Kirin On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Dave C. Bolen dbo...@shockwaverider.comwrote: Bert, Supper mirror powder coating...cheap and might be worth a shot?..but if you think chrome is not good enough, then poweder coating may not be either. I, for certain do not have enough info...if you can do plastic vapor deposition on plastic and have it be bright and shiny enough to suit most people, then what is it that they are depositing on the plasticchrome?...or some sort of silvering? Cheers, dave On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Bert Knupp wrote: Volks, Phooey. I talked to the nice people at Madison Glass Co. (see below). They re-silver glass mirrors and glass reflectors – but not metal reflectors. The guy recommended a couple of chrome-plating shops that I know. I thanked him politely and hung up: chrome plating does NOT make for a good reflector. (It actually absorbs some of the light, as it's really a shade of gray.) The Uvira people out in Oregon* got back to me: They will re-do a precipitated-aluminum (automotive-type) reflector for $75 per light – IF you get it first stripped, cleaned, polished, and pre-plated with copper and nickel. Too Cadillacky for my Volkswagenesque budget. The search goes on. Any ideas? Bert Knupp *Uvira, Inc. 310 Pleasant Valley Rd. Merlin, OR 97532 Telephone: +1.541.956.6880 From: vintagvw@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintagvw@googlegroups.**comvintagvw@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Evans Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 8:30 PM To: vintagvw@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Digest for vintagvw@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic Geographically, you're in the perfect spot. Madison Glass Co. LLC 3257 Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN 37216 http://www.**madisonglasscompany.com http://www.madisonglasscompany.com (615) 262-1377 Can do the re-silvering and people from all over the country ship things to be chrome plated at Chromemasters or Leonard Plating. I have used both. Leonard's can do many types of plating and Chromemasters specializes in show chrome. On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:28 PM, vintagvw@googlegroups.com wrote: Today's Topic Summary Group: http://groups.google.com/**group/vintagvw/topicshttp://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw/topics • Re-silvering light reflectors [1 Update] Re-silvering light reflectors Bert Knupp bert.kn...@comcast.net Apr 06 02:19PM -0500 Volks, The 15 cm Hella spotlight on my Copbug is showing its age: the silvering is corroded away from the outer rim of the reflector and there’s some rusting of the underlying steel. (The Hella fog lights have the same problem, though I’ve bought them some time using 3M stick-on foil.) Some of the other antique-car forums have reported good results from an Oregon company called Uvira, so I’ve written them. But I’d like to know of any re-silvering shops that y’all might have used that did good work for a reasonable price. Any recommendations? Bert Knupp in Music City USA -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/** vintagvw@googlegroups.comhttp://mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintagvw+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.comvintagvw%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/**group/vintagvw?hl=enhttp://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_outhttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out . -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/** vintagvw@googlegroups.comhttp://mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintagvw+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.comvintagvw%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/**group/vintagvw?hl=enhttp://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw?hl=en . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_outhttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out . -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List group. To
