Marine Hardware Source; Chrome Plating

[W22Outrage]

Give me a source for stainless cleats that match the hole pattern of the original Wilcox-Crittenden cleats.

Can marine hardware made from Marinium be chrome plated with a good outcome and good durability?

[jimh]

Read these four prior discussions on your topic found in the archives:

Refinished Marinium Protection
https://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/014656.html

Polishing Marinium
https://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/003272.html

Hardware: Replace or Re-chrome
https://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/020130.html

Chrome Plating
https://www.continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/016059.html

Below is an example of professional refinishing work done in 2009 at a cost of $180 by

Greenwich Metal Finishing
300 W Main St.
Stamford, Connecticut. 06903
203-927-0494

Fig. 1. An OEM Boston Whaler combined sidelight and mooring post, before refinishing. Photo credit: jamesmylesmcp

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Fig. 2. The same components after refinishing. Photo credit: jamesmylesmcp

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