Chrome Claw Basket

[CBFryman 2]

also if i want it "chrome looking" i have to polish it because from my understanding they cant dip aluminum into chrome

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Which is why they plate in copper or nickle first.

REAL chrome basket FTW

[NickRuby 0]

so i can get it coated in nickel and then dipped in chrome? any idea whats cost of that?

[CBFryman 2]

not really sure. but people chrome aluminum all the time. Though steel is easier Aluminum can be zinc, then nickle, then chrome plated. Where steel can be copper, then nickle, then chrome plated.

[///M5 2,833]

Nickel plating alone would probably be fine. For future reference, oven cleaner will take off anodization and coatings on aluminum pretty well. When I polished my rc car chassis, I did Oven cleaner, followed by 800/1500/2000/3000 sand paper and then a buffing wheel. It came out shiny.