Who does gun quality Hard Chrome Plating in SE MI currently

[kris_loehr]

Customized Creationz I have read the owner was injured on his motorcycle

[buckey]

Might want to find someplace that does Armoloy?

[MCPO_SOCM_RET]

The rockwell hardness for the Armoloy XADC is crazy-stupid-hard - almost double the Rc for hardened tool steel. Never heard of anyone using it on gun parts though.
The standard Armoloy (TDC) is negligibly harder than IHC.
The required prep ends up giving you an orange peel finish substrate with a very flat almost white final finish - so even a sheen akin to satin hard chrome would be shinier. Not sure how shiny you want to go. If corrosion is all you care about, I would pick armoloy personally.

Armoloy is just another trade name for hard chrome plating, just not as thick. Claims to be able to be applied without affecting tolerances. Been around since Tricky Dick was the Prez.

BEFORE
[IMG]http://2em64c485nl03tw2ch17l20c.wpen...2-768x1024.jpg[/IMG]

AFTER
[IMG]http://2em64c485nl03tw2ch17l20c.wpen...armoloy-1.jpeg[/IMG]


Is there anything keeping you from sending the gun off to an expert instead of trying to find some place that might could maybe do a decent job locally? Totally not a slam against Customized Creationz - he's pretty much the only one around that's consistently reputable. A lot of the other pretty good places around here will send it off for plating anyways - so you're already paying for that.

[buckey]

30 years ago Armoloy was a very common coating on custom guns, firearms used in extreme conditions were often done.

[balrog006]

The rockwell hardness for the Armoloy XADC is crazy-stupid-hard - almost double the Rc for hardened tool steel. Never heard of anyone using it on gun parts though.
The standard Armoloy (TDC) is negligibly harder than IHC.
The required prep ends up giving you an orange peel finish substrate with a very flat almost white final finish - so even a sheen akin to satin hard chrome would be shinier. Not sure how shiny you want to go. If corrosion is all you care about, I would pick armoloy personally.

Armoloy is just another trade name for hard chrome plating, just not as thick. Claims to be able to be applied without affecting tolerances. Been around since Tricky Dick was the Prez.

BEFORE
[IMG]http://2em64c485nl03tw2ch17l20c.wpen...2-768x1024.jpg[/IMG]

AFTER
[IMG]http://2em64c485nl03tw2ch17l20c.wpen...armoloy-1.jpeg[/IMG]


Is there anything keeping you from sending the gun off to an expert instead of trying to find some place that might could maybe do a decent job locally? Totally not a slam against Customized Creationz - he's pretty much the only one around that's consistently reputable. A lot of the other pretty good places around here will send it off for plating anyways - so you're already paying for that.

30 years ago Armoloy was a very common coating on custom guns, firearms used in extreme conditions were often done.

Neither of you are telling OP where he can get this miracle coating done?

[MCPO_SOCM_RET]

Neither of you are telling OP where he can get this miracle coating done?

Great point.

www.armoloyfw.com a.k.a.
http://jartex.com/ <--- with pricing info

OR
https://armoloy.com/franchises/armoloy-franchises.html

[Outdoorman]

D & B Metal Finishing can chrome harder than many companies, environmentally friendly and had fish ponds in the building at one time.

Selfridge Plating Inc

A-W Custom Chrome

[Blue XJ]

Customized Creationz I have read the owner was injured on his motorcycle

He's back in business, he moved out of Romeo and is Almont now. He did some work for me a couple months ago.

[MCPO_SOCM_RET]

He's back in business, he moved out of Romeo and is Almont now. He did some work for me a couple months ago.

Go there then. You will not be disappointed!

[kris_loehr]

I emailed Customized Creationz when I posted this thread and never heard back. I emailed him again yesterday. I don't want to send the gun off considering shipping cost on a handgun. Customized Creationz doesn't list hard chrome on their site.