BRONZED AKUBRA HAT.

BRONZED AKUBRA HAT.

 

The trademark name ‘Akubra’, which is an Aboriginal word for head covering has become an Australian Icon. The shape is identical with the landscape of outback Australia, with a sharply rising and falling, rough, or jagged surface

 

I believe they made over 20 different styles of hats for the new Film “Australia”

 

Our customer was not part of that Film. He traveled across Australia for many years taking accurate measurements of land areas in order to determine boundaries, elevations, and dimensions. The Akubra has protected millions of Australians against harsh conditions like sun, wind and rain.

The hat was on his head 6-7 days per week and became his best friend (beside his wife that traveled with him) On his retirement the wife sent the sentimental worn out hat to be  Bronzed.

The Bronzed hat is now a showcase with many stories to be told.

Why not Bronze your sentimental items?

 

Selectively Chrome-plated glasses

Do you remember a Film called The Matrix?

 

In the film Keanu Reeves was starring as Neo.

“Neo was a young software engineer and part-time hacker who was singled out by some mysterious figures who wantrf to introduce him into the secret of 'the matrix'. The cops also seemed  to be after him, and he took a chance on discovering what he always suspected: that the world was not quite what it seemed to be and that a sinister conspiracy is at work.”

You might remember a bar scene where Cypher said (about his drink): "It's good for two things, degreasing engines and killing brain cells."

The selectively chromed glasses they used for the drinks were Chrome-plated by the Bronzing Studio- Chrometech in Castle Hill.

 

Our services are regularly used by

 

• Fox Studio
• Warner Bros
• Model Makers
• Artists
• Sculptors
• Car lovers (Chrome-plating plastic car parts)
• Sports coordinators
• Event coordinators

 

Chrome plated Terminator Head

Pictured here is the replica Terminator head as portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the later series of The Terminator movies, chrome plated by The Bronzing Studio.

 

The Bronzing Studio-Chrometech performed special effect electroplating
for films including Superman, Star wars, Matrix and the Terminator.

 

"I'll be back." is the famous catchphrase associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger's title charactrer from the thriller film series 'The Terminator'. Did you know that in the original shooting script, the line was written as "i'll come back"?

A survey released determined that the catchphrase "i'll be back" to be the line from a film most commonly used in everyday conversation.

 

chromed mirror finish of the prancing horse

Do you recognise this 'prancing horse' symbol?

This as you may know is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded in 1928, manufacturing only race cars before moving into production of street legal vehicles in 1947.

"The horse was originally the symbol of Count Francesco Baracca, legendary of the Italian air force during WWI, who painted it on the side of his planes. The Scuderia Ferrari logo Coat of Arms of the City of Stuttgart, Scuderia Ferrari left the horse black as it had been on Baracca's plane; however, he added a yellow background because it was the symbolic color of his birthplace, Modena. "

The material of the horse was made of fiberglass and plastic. To have it chrome-plated to that smooth finish was a labour intensive process.

Any material can be bronzed or chrome-plated. We don't electroplate on metal.

As you can see from this large chrome plated statue of the horse plated by The Bronzing Studio, the quality of work that has been achieved, which is expected from our clientele and the high standards of the branding it already portrays.

 

100 year old bronzed baby shoes

"8,000-year-old shoes found in a Missouri cave show that footwear fashion is nothing new - and is in fact much older than anyone thought, scientists said."
"The shoes were found in a cave on a Missouri River bluff near Columbia about 40 years ago, but the relics in the cave were all jumbled up, making them hard to date. However, they are very well-preserved and tell a lot about shoe fashions in prehistoric times."
"The shoes are complete, you can certainly tell which foot they were on. You can feel toe impressions on the inside. They wore out in the same way ours do. We have found repair holes on them."
Our shoes in the picture are only 100 years old. They are bronzed with a 24 k gold finish so they too can stay well-preserved to be passed on to next generations. At the back of the shoes you can see that they had been mended with a thick thread
Yes the people at the Bronzing Studio can help you own a beautiful masterpiece.
You name it, we Bronze it is our slogan.

Steven Menzies famous Albion head-gear

How would you like to have your special awards bronzed by the Bronzing Studio?

Steven Menzies, who is so recognisable on the field because of the headgear he wears, played his last premiership game in Brookvale.

We at the Bronzing Studio had the honour to chrome-plate Steve Menzies famous Albion head-gear along with his signature and mounted it onto a wooden base with the Sea Eagles Logo

We Bronze "one off" corporate and sports awards and capture personalized impressions of your company. The bronzing process protects for all time your special memories and mementoes

I will upload a picture of Steven Menzies special boot award in a blog to follow.

Make your pride shine

Look at all that chrome.

Almost everything in this car is chrome-plated, from speedo surrounds to air vents, from radio surrounds to door handles. Everything that was plastic is now chromed.
I believe that men and cars have a special kind of bonding. Men are like kids when it comes to cars. Stand around the pub and you will never find a man so talkative when he is talking about his car. I am yet to meet a man who doesn't swear by his car and dreams about owning a glorious automobile. Make your dreams come true and bring all your plastic parts to be chrome-plated.
If you are interested in finding out how to chrome-plate on plastic, please go to our website and read the 10 step guide to chroming on plastic.

Memories in bronze, silver or 24 k gold

We at the Bronzing Studio bronze people's sentimental treasures, preserving them and the memories they are associated with.

Bronzing gives things a different perspective. Ancient Egyptians used electroplating but as far as we know there is nobody else doing what we do.

So what actually do we bronze?

Let your imagination go wild. Baby's first tooth, first lock of hair, christening booties, seashells, sport achievements, slices of the wedding cake,

doughnuts, gumleaves,flowers from the wedding bouquet, champagne bottles, corks. Yes you guessed it... Plaster castings of boobs and ......

The weirdest things that we have bronzed were Koala droppings that Japanese tourist bought as key-rings. Souvenir from Australia.

Feel free to pop in and visit our showroom. You will be amazed what you can see and find here.

Hot rod show

It's been one or two weeks since my last blog.

Sunday 16 November 2008 I exhibited my chrome plated plastic and fibreglass car parts at the Hot rod show in Horsley Park.

At the Show N Shine show as they called it (Our Logo "Let your pride shine") I saw a lot of amazing Hot Rods, vintage and classic cars. Besides the cars there were a lot of activities and also a live Rock ‘N Roll band.

A few weeks before the show I promised to chrome-plate a piece of fibreglass for a club member. When he saw the chrome-plated piece he said “I never expected it to look that fantastic, I haven't even seen steel as shiny as that"

I had my Chrometech sticker on the car and a guy came up to me and said “Oh, I did my door handles with you about 10 years ago and I use the car everyday and the handles are still as good as new"

 

Bronzed shirt

Would you like to keep your special memories in Bronze?

Cotton is a part of our daily lives and has hundreds of uses.

We sleep in fresh cotton sheets at night and we dry our faces on a soft cotton towel. We put on our jeans and shirt.

What about that special shirt that you wore on your wedding day! Weddings take a lot of planning and before you know it it’s over.

Keep your sentimental items.

So why not preserve that shirt in bronze, you brides wedding shoe in gold or preserve the sugar decoration from your wedding cake in 24k gold?

You bring us your sentimental items, we bronze them.

Be innovative!

 

Bronzing the unthinkable

 

“Pillows were originally used mainly by the wealthy, and have been found in Ancient Egyptian tombs. The difficulty of sophisticated dyes and sewing techniques led to the development of

pillows as an art form, with highly decorated pillows becoming prized commodities first in China and Persia and later in Medieval Europe. Traditional Chinese pillows are often hard boxes made

from stone, wood, metal or porcelain instead of stuffed fabric.” (Wikipedia)

I wonder if the artist was inspired by the Chinese? Actually she did an art work themed “Feel the Music”

We at the Bronzing Studio Bronzed the pillow case in a Nickel finish and the artist inserted a sound system so that you can wrap it around your stomach, feel the music and be connected.

Be innovative, bring your items to the Bronzing Studio and we transform your ideas either in copper, nickel or chrome.

 

Chromeplating the unthinkable

Acquire A Touch of Luxury with Chrome.

 

Chrome always impresses with its smooth finish. But look how fantastic it is with its mirrored finish.

Chrome-plate your dash, grill, door handles, mirrors and it will transform your car into a spectacular show piece.

Real electroplating (copper, nickel, chrome) on plastic involves many complicated processes of many steps. Isn’t it reassuring

to learn that we have over 42 years of experience in chroming on plastic and fibreglass? Could you get excited about that?

 

Chrome-plated pasta

If you are like me you like unusual things.

In our showcase we exhibit gold-plated coffee beans, copper-plated fruit, chrome-plated pasta. If you can think it we can bronze it, that’s our logo.

Bronzed Pasta????

Did you know that there are more than 600 pasta shapes world wide? Pasta existed for thousands of years before anybody ever thought of putting tomato sauce on it.

One of our customers came up with the idea of chrome-plating a few of the pasta shapes and to create unusual jewellery.

If you think that this is outrageous, why not visit our showroom at the Bronzing Studio.

 

Chrometech can help you

Yes People At Chrometech Help You Own A Masterpiece.

 

You have probably searched in Google, car forums, looked through car magazines to find an alternative to chrome “look-alike”

We believe that you are aware that it is very difficult but possible to electroplate on plastic and fibreglass.

The basic problem in attempting to electroplate onto plastic is, they are electrically non-conductive. We need to apply a conductive paint because plastic cannot be immersed in a plating solution and coated in the same way that metal can.

We have nearly 45 years experience in electroplating.

If you want some information on “How to” feel free to get in contact with us.

You can read our articles on our website, read our blog on Google:chromingplastic.blogspot.com

 

 

Gold, Nickel and copperplated sea shells

Incredible! Gold, Nickel and copperplated sea shells

Did you know that we Bronze anything?

We electroplate anything from seashells and leaves so that you can make your own jewellery, to

baby shoes to golf balls.

Oh we could gold-plate Joannas Goana, Jucks Duck and Reece’s teeth. Great X-mas gifts don’t

you think?

Let your imagination go wild. I dare you!

What do you think about bronzing Tanyas Pyjamas, Hendricks appendix, Phills Pills….Claires

Hair.

Re-chroming die-casts (2nd part)

Our novel approach to re-chroming die-cast:

 

1. Stripping off the loose (peeling) electroplated surface either by electro chemical reverse current or wet &dry sanding.
2. A light bead blasting to assure that all the cavities are clean.
3. Etch prime (preferably two pack).
4. High (two pack.
5. Rub back the original contours with wet & dry. (Finishing off with # 1200) Should you have the need to re-apply the High fill, you must recoat the rubbed through die-cast surfaces with Etch primer.

 

1 – 5 is the labour of Love. This is the part that you do yourself or find someone that really really cares for you to do. It is not that I am lazy and we will do it if money is no object. The problem is that it is difficult to judge how long the preparation work will take and therefore I can’t quote or if I do quote it is just too expensive.

I then coat the article to be chrome-plated with a thin acrylic resin, make it conductive and subsequently chrome-plate. The acrylic resin will stop the di-electric interchange between the base copper coat and the die-cast.

You are more than welcome to give me a call or e-mail me concerning the above

 

Keeping memories alive in Bronze

Imagine keeping those special moments alive forever in Bronze.

Roses have always represented enduring Love.
As with everything that lives, Roses wither and the memories of the moments fade.
Take a deep breath and relax.
We know how to preserve them.
At the Bronzing Studio we make it possible to preserve the moments of joy or the memories of a loved one in the form of bronzing in either in silver or 24 k gold.

We electroplate fresh or dried Roses and also mount them into a 3D frame, possible with a photo of that special moment.
This can be a very personalized gift and a beautiful way to keep as an heirloom.

Re-chroming die-cast

Re-chroming die-cast has always been a bugger.

Chrome-plating the second time around after it has been pitted is rarely successful.

Reasons being: As you polish or grind the pits away you are removing the fine crystal structure of the die-cast. The more you polish or grind away the top surface, the coarser the grain structure becomes. During the electroplating process, this coarse grain structure allows more of the electroplating chemicals to penetrate the die-cast. This then will cause gassing and you could experience the bubbling effect of the chrome-plating in matters of days. Building up the craters with copper, in most cases is not successful. Not only do you have the issues with the process chemicals being trapped but the di-electrical properties between copper and zinc will accelerate the corrosion.

 

Tomorrow I will write about our novel approach to re-chroming die-cast.

 

Chromeplating on plastic

What Everybody Should Know... About How To  Chrome-plate On Plastic.

As you might not know, electroplating or chroming on plastic and fiberglass is possible. Gain

advantage of our Chrome-plating services at Chrometech.

Now, I know what you are thinking. I have been searching for chroming on plastic and fiberglass

for years and everyone tells me that it is impossible to electroplate on plastic.

Wow! How untrue.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to show off all that shine and gain prestige?

Don't you feel that you deserve nothing but the best?

 

Bronzed memories

How to bring back pleasant memories in Bronze.

 

I bet you have never thought it possible to bronze real fruit and vegetables!

Do you want to know how to preserve those special awards in bronze?

Usually, a plant is not called an heirloom if it is grown widely and commercially, regardless of how old it is.

Some heirloom plants are much older, some being apparently pre-historic.

You don’t have to wait. Pass on those achievements to your next generation.

We have customers bringing in their special award winning products to be bronzed either in copper, nickel, chrome or 24 k gold.

Why not display a gallery of bronzed achievements? Eye brow raising!

What if I told you that we electroplate individual rice, coffee beans,  tomatoes, apples, eggplants, garlic, leek, pumpkin.

You get the drift.

 

Chroming GTXY dashes

A customer brought in 10 GTXY dashes because he didn’t want chrome look-a-like.

He said “ been there done that”. We at Chrometech are the automotive customising arm of The Bronzing Studio

and can chrome-plate plastic and fibreglass, interior and exterior car parts such as dashboards, grilles, door handles, air vents and mirrors.

 

Our workmanship is of the highest standard. Chrometech has been commissioned for work by many owners of automobiles from the likes

of Bentley, BMW, Ferrari and Maserati. Whether it’s restoring a bike or modifying a car, Chrometech’s bright work can make your pride shine.

copper-plated Hamburger

Copper-plated Real Hamburger.

 

Ingredients: copper, 0%fat, 0% sugar.

 

Have you ever seen a copper-plated Hamburger? Be first at something!

No we are not crazy. We electroplate all weird and wonderful things from bikinis to men’s shirts to bras and undies.

You name it we bronze it is our Logo.

Absolutely unique and never done before.

 

Why not take advantage of our Bronzing services?

 

Items brought into the Bronzing Studio are often one of a kind and have a special meaning to

the intended recipient so we always take the utmost care.

Why not make a corporate event special? Bronzed memento of a special achievement will be admired forever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

is your car ready to take all that shine?

Is your car ready to take all that shine?

We make it happen. I bet you never knew that chrome-plating on plastic and fibreglass can be done? Impossible you thought!

"We thought that we better let the car enthusiasts know that it is possible to electroplate that plastic and ad that shine on the much loved car"

Last year we electroplated hundreds of dashes, grills, bumper bars, mirrors, arm rests, tail-lights and all other plastic and fibreglass parts.

We have done several Mustang dashes that needed to be cut and modified as part of the RHD conversion. After many hours of preparation

for re-plating, the dash is suspended in a chemical solution that contains the copper/nickel/chrome solution. The item is gently agitated

in the slightly (40 degree Celsius) warm solution while a low-voltage current is passed through the solution from an anode on to the piece to be electro-plated.

testimonial for a lovely job

“During the 2^nd world war one of brothers married an American girl. They had a son, unfortunately my brother did not survive the conflict.

After the war, my sister-in-law sent the child’s first shoes to my mother. The shoes were well worn, with all the scuff marks, complete with tied laces.  The shoes were mounted on marble bases. They were of course bronzed.

I recall they took a special place, with a photograph of my brother in his Fleet Air Arm uniform and a model of the Spitfire he flew. My surviving brother still retains this setting, some 50 odd years on in New Zealand.

I am so glad  I found your company in Australia because having grandchildren of my own, I am so proud to have one bronzed shoe of each of them.

Thank you very much for the lovely job.”

Yours faithfully,

F.D. J. of QLD

 

absolutely stunning chromed honeycomb grill

Absolutely stunning. Be better than the rest. Have your plastic car parts electroplated. Yes you heard right.. Electroplated, not vacuum-metallised. Electrifying right? Enjoy being better than the Jones. Our expert team at Chrometech can help you achieve that shine. I am sure that you would like to know our electroplating plastic chroming process. We are the only company that can electroplate on plastic. We need to seal the item, e.g. if plating on wood, plaster or cloth, the item must be made inert so as not to react with the acidic electroplating solution... Then the item needs to be made conductive, like conductive ink. (Produced in-house)
Next we electroplate via electrolysis. The initial copper coating will be followed up with Nickel, Chrome or Gold.
If you want to know more how to chrome-plate on plastic, feel free to contact us, or we would be more than happy to show you around our factory.

Bring back pleasant memories

People are basically sentimental.  Bring back pleasant memories and take advantage of our Bronzing services.

Bronzing gives things a different perspective. You name it we bronze it, is our Logo .Whatever you want to have transformed

to an everlasting item that will decorate your mantel shelf and be the centre of attention can be coated in a metal of your choice.(copper, nickel or 24 k gold.)

We bronze anything from a tomato to a pair of Jeans or shirt. You bring us your sentimental item, we bronze it and you display it.

What better way to be admired and praised for your creativity.

 

 

gold-plated balls

What's next?

Gold-plated Balls?

The elusive hole-in-one is certainly a unique memory for the golfer lucky enough to achieve the ace. Appropriately we at The Bronzing Studio have come up with an innovation. Gold-plating balls.... Golf balls that is.

The golfer who wants to preserve his hole-in-one as a keepsake can have the balls treated with a bronzing technique. The balls are unharmed and during the bronzing process that takes several hours, it is gradually coated in a generous layer of pure precious metal of your choice, either copper, nickel or 24 k gold an set on a bronzed tee.

Items brought into the Bronzing Studio are often one of a kind and have a special meaning to the intended recipient so we always take the utmost care.

Or perhaps you are simply after something truly unique. Either way, it is not just for bronzing small items. We electroplate items as large as a pair of Jeans that we created for a retiring professor at the Childrens hospital. ( Jeans for Genes day) Once a year we create the awards for the NRL players and several other sporting awards.

In my next blog I will upload a photo from Steve Menzies trophy.

Out turnaround time is normally 4-6 weeks.

 

Motoring emblem

Novelty size Motoring emblem.

A customer brought in a fibreglass emblem  600 mm in height to be chrome-plated. We are the leading  specialist on electroplating on plastic and fibreglass and any other non-conductors.
Customized work that has been performed at Chrometech included work for Bentley, Maserati, Ferrari, BMW, Mazda and chrome work for motor bikes and car motoring enthusiasts.
We make your pride shine at Chrometech.

gob-smacked crowd with all that plastic plated chrome

Do want a gob-smacked crowd at the show?
Do you want the cream of the crop when it comes to quality? To complement the colour of your car why not add a dash of chrome to it? We at Chrometech will chrome-plate all the plastic of your car.
The finish, as you'd expect, is flawless. Many car lovers think it is impossible to electroplate on plastic but we at Chrometech achieve the impossible.Make your pride shine.

Fake chrome-plating

We are getting a lot of work from unhappy customers who had their parts (look -a- like chrome coated)

There is definitely no substitute for electroplated chrome.

 

Below is an e-mail from an unhappy customer that had a badge done in “chrome look- a - like”

 

Hi Guys I'm over in Perth and I was wondering do you do plastic chroming and if so I had a Chevy Grill Badge

chromed over here for my VZ SS Thunder Ute and the job was disgusting I refused to pay for the job and they even

broke a lug of the back of the badge so I was wondering if say either I send over to you a new badge and you plastic chrome

it for me or would it be easier for you to buy one over there and chrome it and send it over to me as I have to buy a new

one anyway and I will pay for the whole lot before you send it over of course.

gold-plated vinyl record

 

How often do you hear yourself saying " No I haven't framed it yet: I have been meaning to"

Express creativity and have your special award gold-plated by the Bronzing Studio and framed.

You will be praised and admired to own that bronzed vinyl record.

Take advantage of our bronzing services.

I am sure that it will bring back pleasant memories

 

efforts in chroming on plastic (step3)

 Efforts for chrome-plating on plastic (step 3)
After a layer of primer (which helps to smooth the surface of the object and prepare
it for further treatment) and a session in the drying oven, a blast in the spray booth sees
each component treated with up to four layers of a conductive compound. The important word is "conductive".
This allows the chrome-plating process (which relies on electric current to deposit pure metal onto the surface
of the object being chrome-plated or electroplated) to occur once the object is hung in the plating tanks and a jolt
of current sent through it. That's why thick copper wire is used- to deliver the heavy current from the transformer to the object.

bronzed cigarette

Bronzed cigarette.

 

Most people who smoke have thought about giving it up.

We at the Bronzing Studio have a solution what to do with your last cigarette.

When you are ready to give it up, smoke only half the cigarette and put it out.

Bring it in to us and we can bronze it for you in a metal of your choice and then engrave it (My last puff, or my last cigarette) and date.

You can either carry the bronzed cigarette with you and when you have the urge, take it out of your pocket,

look at it and feel proud of your achievement or you can mount it onto a wooden base and engrave a plaque.

Invite your friends that supported you giving up smoking and there will definitely be a lot to talk about.

efforts involved in chrome plating plastic

We at Chrometech would love to give you and idea of the effort involved in chroming on plastic. General preparation includes disassembly of multi-part components (such as glove box lids) and the repair and smoothing of older chipped or damaged components. Many vintage, rare or irreplaceable car parts require crack repairs and surface smoothing before the chroming process can begin. Most plastic car parts from tail light bodies to gearshift surrounds can be given the treatment. The first real production step at Chrometech is the wiring of the objects. Components which are to be plated are mounted on thick copper wire which allows them to be immersed in the plating tanks. Some larger or smaller objects, such as an instrument cluster, require two or more wires. At this stage, parts of each object which are to remain unplated (such as the see-through faces of instruments) are carefully masked so they don’t cop a coat of chrome.

Step 3 to be continued tomorrow.

chroming plastic

Like a panel for paint, the part to be chrome-plated is cleaned of all paint, chrome or whatever. Chrome is vaguely similar to paint in that conventional mods-like body filler- are used to fill gaps in metal. Once clean, any chips, nicks, cracks or pits are repaired with a filler and sanded smooth, and copper electrodes are glued to pre-drilled holes.

The process of chroming is called electroplating and the bright, reflective finish is achieved by applying several layers of an electrically conductive media to the surface. While an electrical charge is run through the part, the plating only bonds to the pre-treated area.

To have a part, be it in plastic, timber, glass, porcelain, fibreglass or whatever you want chrome-plated, all you need to do is disassemble the parts and get it to the Chrometech guys. They prefer to clean the parts themselves using solvents that won't harm the part or the finish.

The part is given about 3-4 coats of primer which bonds to the base material and allows for 3-4 coats of plating. The part is then copper, nickel and then chrome-plated for a minimum of eight hours to assure a solid coat covers the entire part.

 

Bronzing award

We are giving people the chance to preserve their sentimental items forever.

We were approached by a lady who organized an event for the Australian Biggest Morning Tea. The funds raised were for the cancer research. She brought in a chef’s hat for us to bronze. The bronzed chef’s hat was given for the best bake off.

Below is a thank you after the successful event.

 

“An enormous thank you and a plug to Walter and Gerda Schellander of the Bronzing Studio right here in Anella Ave, Castle Hill…they very willingly donated the magnificent perpetual trophy “The Copper Chef” If you have any organization/event  etc that require an award with a difference, I can’t compliment them enough.

Thank you thank you thank you Walter and Gerda

Everyone was blown away by your efforts and generosity”

 

Kind regards

Jane W.

shiny chrome-plated car stuff

The super-shiny colourless stuff that most of us know

as chrome-plate has been used on cars for decades.

Not only does it look good, but it protects steel bumpers

and other bits from corrosion. Cars of the 1950s are probably

the best known for their use of chrome, with shine dripping from

everywhere from grills to radio knobs. But contrary to popular opinion,

the use of chrome isn’t restricted to steel bumpers and headlight rims.

Chrometech opens up a whole new universe for car modifiers by applying

chrome to just about anything that can be unbolted or unclipped from your car.

We can repair small chrome items on older cars, but more and more of our

work involves components such as bonnet vents, door handles and plastic

interior components.

 

In fact, anything from bars of chocolate (!) to champagne corks

to kiddies shoes can all be chromed.

 

golden memories

Don’t know what to do with those tiny baby milk-teeth your mother always stored in an old matchbox in the garage?

Sentimental items of babyhood as well as other strange but dearly-held objects, are being gold, silver or copper-plated.

A lot of people call this process “bronzing”

Other popular items that some parents never quite have the heart to throw away include baby’s locks, rattles, bonnets, bibs, dummies and locks of hair.

Anything can be “ bronzed”  or encased in metal to keep the meaningful memories

 

golden memories

Don’t know what to do with those tiny baby milk-teeth your mother always stored in an old matchbox in the garage?

Sentimental items of babyhood as well as other strange but dearly-held objects, are being gold, silver or copper-plated.

A lot of people call this process “bronzing”

Other popular items that some parents never quite have the heart to throw away include baby’s locks, rattles, bonnets, bibs, dummies and locks of hair.

Anything can be “ bronzed”  or encased in metal to keep the meaningful memories

 

The Chrome Age

The Chrome Age

Chrome-plating is back in style and this time, it’s not just metal.

Take a look at the top cars at shows and on the street and you’ll see chromed wheels, chromed bumpers,

grilles, plastic trim and all sorts of chromed accessories from interior fittings to body parts and engine bits.

You can even buy a new Daihatsu with chrome bumpers and mirrors.

The advent of plastic chromed bumper bars, grilles and exterior mirrors gradually saw chrome work disappear from the exterior of production models but the latest electro-plating technology allows just about anything to be chrome-plated, either partially or wholly. Today customers are chrome-plating all those parts that are plastic. Even fibreglass isn’t immune to chrome!

Unique memories

Mrs. Betty H. from N.S.W. has kept her children’s baby shoes wrapped in tissue paper and securely stored for more that 40 years in one of her drawers as a clear reminder of pleasant times gone by.

After finally finding a bronzing company (us) she now proudly displays the beautiful bronzed shoes on her mantle shelf. Needless to say those bronzed shoes will initiate many fond discussions.

Her daughter too had her three daughter’s christening booties bronzed with 24 k gold.

I am sure that the grand-children will keep up the tradition of bronzing their children’s shoes as well.

chroming

Do you want to be better as the rest? Do you want to stand out? Do you want to impress your girl-friend?

Let your pride shine. Chrome plate all of your plastic interior and exterior

Car parts and you definitely are in to win with all that chrome.

Why not arrange a visit to our chroming place.

A few weeks ago we had about 30 members of the Gold Wing club at our factory to

Show them how we chrome-plate on plastic. It was a fun day with Pizza and soft drinks.

We would be more than happy to arrange a visit with your car or bike club.

 

bronzing

Traditionally people hang on to memorabilia surrounding their children and treasure the priceless milestones in their child’ lives.

The service that we at The Bronzing Studio provide is to turn these bronzed shoes into beautiful ornaments to be kept as an heirloom forever for generations to come.

Imagine giving your child a pair of his or her bronzed shoes as a 21^st Birthday present or as a wedding gift or just something to pass on.

bronzing

The weirdest request for bronzing came from a young woman that wanted to give something very special for her husband’s 30th Birthday.

She knew that we bronze anything from plaster to glass to wood. Her request was to make a plaster casting of her boobs and get them gold-plated.

Guess what the use was for them? She installed them on the bedroom door as door handles. I wonder if it was used as a  foreplay before entering the bedroom!

What an original idea to gold-plate your breasts and what an heirloom to pass down generations to come!

 

chrome-plating plastic

What is it about cars that men go crazy about?

Is it because a nice car is a "babe magnet"?

 

 

What is it with men and cars?

 

Is it a competitive thing among men to see who can do the best job in restoring a car to its original state and better?

We at Chrometech  make your pride shine.

We are the leading plastic chroming specialist in Australia that transform that ugly black dash

into a sparkling chrome plated dash that everyone will envy.

 

Making our Blog start

Who we are

We are the largest electroplaters of non-conductors
(all surfaces excluding metals) in the Southern Hemisphere,

located in the heart of Castle Hill Trading Estate in Western Sydney.
In-house we have more than 40 years experience in the field of electroplating
and the management of electroplating plants both in Europe and Asia.

Our innovative developments in Australia have also widened the application
of electoplating to the international film animation market.

The Bronzing Studio-Chrometech performed special effect electroplating
for films including Superman, Star wars, Matrix and the Terminator

We are a member of the Australasian Institute of Metal Finishing
and are in industry partnership supporting environmental change
in the electroplating industry.

To operate in our industry we hold licences with the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Sydney Water and Poisonous Goods