32067. Restoring Vintage-Antique Chrome Furniture

Letter 32067

Restoring Vintage-Antique Chrome Furniture

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Hello,

My husband and I have been selling fabulous and unique 1950's era chrome dinette sets for many years now. We restore tables and chairs as needed and have always had exceptional results using the process of applying chrome polish to buff out areas after removing any rust or corrosion, albeit we tend to avoid any chrome in this condition. However, where needed we find that it just takes a lot of elbow grease to obtain optimal results restoring these wonderful tables, chairs and dinette sets to their original state.

Roxanne C [name deleted for privacy due to age of posting]
- San Jose, CA, USA

Roxanne: chrome polish and elbow grease is an affordable and practical approach in many cases. But once there has been rust, it means the chrome is perforated--and polishing it doesn't repair it, it remains a high maintenance issue with only regular polishing and rewaxing limiting the rusting. Although replating is rather expensive expensive, that's the way to truly restore the set to original condition. You might want to align yourself with a local plating shop so you have this option.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey

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I would love to know where we can buy replacement feet for our 1950's chrome dinette set, especially the table legs. They are the double legs that are curved at the top and joined at the bottom, so we need something similar to a figure 8 to place at the bottom of the chrome to protect the floor. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Kimee L [name deleted for privacy due to age of posting]
- Orangevale, CA

Ed. note: This site is about industrial metal finishing Kimee. 1950's dinettes are a worthy hobby, but our site would quickly drown under millions of postings and lose its value to our target audience if we don't stay within our niche. We apologize.

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Where do I find a place to do replating? I live in the Bay Area.

Thanks,

Ben H [name deleted for privacy due to age of posting]
- Albany, CA, USA

Ed. note: There are some plating shops in the Bay area listed in our Directory of Jobshops, Ben. Good luck.

July 18, 2007

I have a 1950's Retro Chrome red metalic dinette set(I think a Douglass) with curved legs and I am missing one of the 8 legs. Where can I get replacement legs?
Thanks,

Janice M [name deleted for privacy due to age of posting]
- Bellerose, N.Y., USA

Ed. note: This site is about industrial metal finishing so questions about where to buy parts for dinette sets are pretty far off topic. But you could take one to a fab shop or plating shop and have them make a replacement and plate it. Good luck.

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