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Old 08-17-08 | 01:00 PM
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J T CUNNINGHAM
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From: TORONTO , ONT , CA

Bikes: '86 AMBROSI / C RECORD. PINARELLO MONTELLO / FRAME, FORK.

"What part of NEVER

do you not UNDERSTAND?" MY QUOTE.


For the benefit of others, seeing that you don't want to listen,

a buffing wheel uses an ABRASIVE to "make it shine".


You have destroyed the chrome on your other bikes, and are

down to the nickel plate. (Look for a yellowish cast after about

6 months; the nickel is starting to oxidize, the chrome plate

had served to prtect the nickel from that, and give a silvery

"chrome-like", finish. Plating is porus, having removed some/all of

the chrome, you are left with one less layer of protection.

OBTW, the chrome plated layer is only 5 microns thick, much

thinner than the nickel and if you are lucky, the base of copper.


Regards,
J T
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