Auto Restoration 101

The bumper is now coated with the first layer of copper. The copper plating is comparable to the primer used in painting. It can be sanded or polished to prepare the part for more coats of copper, or nickel and the chrome.
This post is courtesy of Hot Rods

So we have everything fitting well and we had 3 hours worth of plating time in the Copper tank. We attached the 442 bumper on to our I-Beam bumper rack to enable angles on this ultimate work station.

This station allows adjustments of height and 180 degrees of rotation to inspect the bumper at any angle that is comfortable for the builder during refinement.

As seen we simply clamp against the brackets to hold it in any angle we desire. If you are in the business it is best to build something like this as it allows Max efficiency and speeds up the refining process while keeping the prepper in a comfortable position. Kill two birds with one heavy I-beam stone.

Nat starts the process with cutting the copper down in 180 grit, notice the vinyl gloves to keep the moisture from his hands off the copper. Cleanliness is important at this phase. He is merely hovering the complete bumper to try and “find low spots” Then he will decide how aggressive to take out the enemy of highs and lows.