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Thread: A place that powder coats & it looks like chrome???
          
   
   

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    Might try calling a few powdercoating shops to see if they have heard of it, and know who does it. Might get lucky.
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    December '06 Rod & Custom had an article on Vacuum Metalizing process, probably the article you're recalling. I don't have any copies here, just found the info on a seach as we talked about it then. This is the company in Santa Ana they referenced; http://www.vacuummetalcoating.com/
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    Hi Bill...

    It is possible you are thinking of a place called ........

    Cap's Brite Hot Coatings
    Fresno California
    1-559-233-1461

    They use a system of throwing the coated parts into a tub of tumbling smooth balls.... No not that kind....... .....If I remember they are a plastic ball or something, anyway, it polishes the ceramic coating to a high gloss finish.

    I had them do a single carb tunnell ram for me and it turned out GREAT...

    Here is the tunnell ram...it is slightly rough because I did not smooth it prior to sending it to them, but the shine is excellent and I never had to touch it.....

    Sorry, should have did this before I posted, here is their site..... http://www.capsbhc.com
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