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S&S Swan Maintenance - Re-chroming, winches
29 April 2015 - 06:21
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SAFA
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Re-chroming, winches
SAFA (44/44, 1973) has her original winches, well maintained and well working ... but the chromed (bronze+chrome) winches (Lewmar 2 x 55 3-speed, 2 x 40 2-speed, 2 x 43 2-speed, 1 x 16 1-speed) do not shine anymore! Has someone done re-chroming of winches? The amount of work and quality of results are interesting.

01 May 2015 - 10:19
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the professor
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Dear SAFA
Re-chroming services is provided by
Niklaamo Rautio Oy
Voimakatu 17,
20520 Turku, Finland
Puh. +358-207929590
faxmail:+358-20729591
myynti@niklaamorautio.fi
Hope you could find one closer to the yacht.
Kind regards
Lars
03 May 2015 - 05:39
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SAFA
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Thanks Pro! I think the grinding, after removing the chrome, might be the critical phase in success to make them shine again.

Rgds, Markku Silvonen

05 May 2015 - 18:39
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gesatoni
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make sure that the body of the winches (where the ropes actual are) are chromed a little bit rough (I don't know how the Chrome guys do this technically). The winches then look matt in this area but they get better hold of the ropes.

 

Toni

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07 May 2015 - 18:33
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the professor
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Dear SAFA
Winch drums need to have a suitable roughness, and the surface should be treated before re-chroming, see Forum thread dated 4 July 2012.
Kind regards
Lars

09 May 2015 - 23:05
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Aernoud
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SAFA (44/44, 1973) has her original winches, well maintained and well working ... but the chromed (bronze+chrome) winches (Lewmar 2 x 55 3-speed, 2 x 40 2-speed, 2 x 43 2-speed, 1 x 16 1-speed) do not shine anymore! Has someone done re-chroming of winches? The amount of work and quality of results are interesting.

Hi! I do have good experience with rechroming; not a winch but Baby Blake toilet parts; good for a price indication: 250,- euro for all chrome parts. This was with a specialized car-restauration focussed workshop. It safes a lot of hours (costs) if you provide the not to be chromed parts with proper covering. About winches: I met people with a Swan 36 that did this with the genoa winches and they told me that due to first milling of old layer of chrome and also a bit of structural bronze, the winch did burst after the first nice breeze; take care for this by proper instructing the chrome-people.
19 May 2015 - 17:48
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gesatoni
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Dear Markku,

 

that's what I meant.

 

Best,

 

Toni

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18 June 2015 - 22:31
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SAFA
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Looks nice, just like the winches should be on 42-year old lady as SAFA is. MS.
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