Why not have Leonard Plating silver plate it then? On Monday, April 8, 2013 2:44:59 PM UTC-5, 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: [email protected] <javascript:> > [mailto:[email protected]<javascript:>] > On Behalf Of Andy Evans > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 8:30 PM > > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Digest for [email protected] <javascript:>- 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, <[email protected] <javascript:>> > 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" <[email protected] <javascript:>> 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 > > >
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