Sorry guys, I haven't been on in a bit. So great question. Sometimes yes. Sometimes no. The questions are: how bad is the pitting on the part, what is it made of, and what is the desired finish. Many times we do repair stuff, so in many and I might say in most situations it can be overcome and yes, covered up. This includes leading, soldering, grinding of the part to get it to a place where it can be smooth again before it is plated. Our guys are true craftsmen who are used to bringing back really rough parts, for classic cars, or whatever. That being said, every once in a while a certain part, thin metal, small parts, are tough to repair. But we have done lots of stuff that I know most of the owners thought it was a goner, and we made them better than new. One thing that sticks out is the end caps to early lockbars. They tend to be really rough, we've even repaired those with holes through them where someone has pried them off the bar and broken a literal hole out of them. Those are pot metal and our guys do have the skills to fix that sort of thing. It's crazy.
Glad to help if I can.
Chris
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www.pinballplating.com

Also, I had a afterthought, it does help the more plating put on the part, as long as the part is not over plated, which is a thing, and it's not good.
Basically, you have to imagine that there are layers to plating. The layers go on as copper, then nickel, then chrome (or brass/black nickel). So most often in plating there are 3 layers of different platings, polishing and stuff between. A typical part is handled 6-8 times before it's done. It's very labor intensive, and much of the reason it costs more than other things, on top things like having to dispose of waste and make our environmental friends happy with the way everything is done, which costs any plating shop these days, tons of money. This is also the reason many are shutting down. It's more and more all the time.
Hope some of that info helps. Basically, the layers help cover the bad stuff, but the truth is most of that needs to be handled before the plating process, like most things, prep is everything.

Here is my resident part I show people of what happens when something is overplated. Someone sent this to us wanting us to fix it, which can't be done. It's ruined and a reason in why you have to be careful who plates your stuff. If they are not used to doing parts like the gun handles, wireforms, etc, they can screw them up royally.

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And here are some pieces we've done in the last couple of months that came in pretty rough. The wallbox juke piece was especially impressive, as not only was it rough, but it was very thin and flimsy. They can take metal off to overcome the pitting in some situations but in this one you couldn't take much. The juke restorer we did it for was very impressed.

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Chrome for a Deadpool - coindoor not pictured was done too
Let me know if I can help!
Chris
[email protected]
www.pinballplating.com

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Feel free to shoot me some pics, glad to help however I can. [email protected]

Old school wide body Lockbar for a Gottlieb system 80. Customer/friend needed one, we had to hit a bunch of pins a while back and that gave us one to chrome and sell.
Let me know if I can help you!
Chris
[email protected]
www.pinballplating.com

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With more money anything is possible
Biggest Hong is it would have to be stripped first, so you could see those places, the weld and grind. But I will say it might be problematic. Those panels are not thick at all, so it could warp the panel?? Hard to know, labor is money is the bottom line.

That thing looks amazing! Thank you for letting me help!

This is a pretty big piece we did for a customer. It's probably 2 1/2 feet tall? It was raw steel someone cut out and was a Christmas present for this lady's husband. Apparently it was a hit!

Glad to help if I can, check out our new off the shelf parts ready to go for pinballs and exchange parts as well at www.pinballplating.com
Thanks for following along!
Chris
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Hunted down some oddball stuff we have for exchange but some of it not on the site. Random chrome plating whatnots lol
Hope all is well with everyone!
Let me know if I can help!
Chris
[email protected]
www.pinballplating.com

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I have those two sets of playfield supports you see in the pictures. Got a pic of the service brackets? I'm sure I know what you are talking about but I may call it something different. Glad to help!

Def have the power box, and prob have those supports - although yours looks like it might be bent? Not sure about that, the ones I have don't have a indention in the middle of them.

And I should have the playfield hooks as well.
Glad to help!
Chris

Glad to help, my friend, just let me know!
Chris

New item in the Exchange Library - #lord-of-the-rings Apron in Brass Plating for exchange
Send us yours, we'll send back one already done. Just sent this one out, but we'll have another one soon.
You can see more about it here: http://www.pinballplating.com/quick-exchange-parts/lord-of-the-rings-pinball-apron-lotr-exchange

Thanks for looking!
Chris
[email protected]
www.pinballplating.com

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These are proto/early run #indiana-jones upper playfield rails, these are red plastic pieces on the regular production games.
They come stainless, but we polished these for a customer as they are not exactly pretty from the factory.

Thanks for looking!
Chris
[email protected]
www.pinballplating.com

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Funny that you say that.... patience young grasshopper...

You want it all back? lolol

Couple of pics from a customer of a Theatre of Magic we did the wireforms and magnet holder.
We keep wireforms and many other unobtainable parts ready to go and already plated in our Exchange Library, where you send in your original undamaged/unaltered parts and get ones already plated in return. You can see most of them here: http://www.pinballplating.com/quick-exchange-parts
Thanks for looking, let me know if I can help!
Chris
[email protected] <--- send ALL orders and requests here.
www.pinballplating.com
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A customer wanted to do their The Shadow wireforms in chrome, so we did
Thanks for looking, let me know if I can help!
Chris
[email protected] <--- send ALL orders and requests here.
www.pinballplating.com

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I keep brass and black nickel ready to go now. Might eventually do the same with chrome. Glad to help!

Old school Stern coin bezel that ate it in shipping. We straightened it and of course chrome plating in the end.

Sorry I haven’t posted much lately, so busy, with all the things, family, business, ministry, you name it.

Thank you to all who have continued reaching out for orders.
Let me know if we can help!
Chris
[email protected]
www.pinballplating.com

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Love that TOTAN, it looks amazing!
Thank you for letting me help with it, I’m here whenever you want to do the other stuff
Chris

IJ proto upper playfield inside pieces polished

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I've had several of you reach out to check on us, and we are very grateful for each one of you!
For those that don't know, we had some pretty crazy storms and tornadoes tear through here last night. We are all ok. Many suffered loss of homes and some even lost loved ones. We will be a part of the clean up effort and helping others through this time.
If you are interested in giving financially toward this, I will be posting a link later this week, on my personal facebook. It will not be going to me, but the church where I serve and ALL of the money will be used to help or given to those in need, every dime. We have a great system of checks and balances where no one can run off with money or any of that and I know what it's like to not know who to trust in those areas, all too well.
We will be hands on in the relief effort. This is not our first time to do this, many times we've taken 50-70 people out of state to help in these types of situations, not to mention the flood here in Nashville about 10 years ago, which we worked with a community through for over a full year. We've got a ton of very skilled folks that love to love on others and that's what we intend to do. If you want to come get your hands dirty, we welcome it!
Keep us in your prayers in the days ahead and thank you to everyone who has reached out!
Chris
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Eric, thanks man, really appreciate that.
Yes, Woody has taken a super hard hit. I messaged him right after the tornado went through to find out his house was destroyed. Please if anyone can help him, here is a go fund me set up for his family, I know they could use any help.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/woodard-tornado-relief-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet

Hey everyone, I'm sorry if I haven't responded to a email or message, this has been a crazy time, between the Tornado work we've been doing and then the virus stuff. Many of you know, I pastor a church and this has created a lot of extra work on that end of things. I hope to be caught up with emails and messages later tonight. Thank you for your patience. We are still working and doing orders for plating and parts. Glad to help if we can as we are starting to get caught up here. Thanks again for your understanding.
Chris

Also, here's some pics of some Bally/Williams trim I figured we stock a few sets of in COPPER --- Works great on Big Lebowski
Not on the site yet but it will be.
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Thanks bud, I actually think these pics of the copper came out kinda bad, it's hard to capture it's true color, I love it. Wish it showed up better.

Thanks man, you are too kind. Appreciate you, let me know if we can do anything for you! Let's eat lunch too.

Someone needed a pretty through, we were happy to oblige. Chrome plating it is! (over stainless is tricky)
Let us know how we can help. Lots of parts ready on the shelf to buy straight out and many others ready for you to send in an exchange.
See it all at www.pinballplating.com
Thanks for looking!
Chris
[email protected]

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LOL, here's my latest one... US pressing still sealed -- now I have to find one to listen to, lol

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