Quote Originally Posted by Trip59 View Post
When I got back to the states, I tried to start a plating shop. It ended with a long string of four letter words directed to some EPA folks and me looking for another business opportunity. The wonders of the internet mean that I can find shops with good reputation anywhere in the country That or I may set up a small home plating shop from Caswell. He's grown his business, good on him, great guy to deal with. Really hoping to just polish it out though, the plating would diminish the engraving I plan to do.
It's not surprising that the EPA wasn't on board with you starting up a (small business) plating shop. What I don't get is why the big factories, oil refineries, and other "big business" gets away with the things they do to the environment! The EPA doesn't really care about the environment, they care about their pocketbook! I just thought one of the people along the way would actually step in and make some noise about big business destroying our planet.

"We're out to protect the entire planet to the best of our abilities...unless some money gets dropped in our lap along the way, OR protecting the environment starts to personally inconvenience us to a point which we are no longer being able to order our planet saving car with chrome trim!"

I didn't even think about the thickness of the plating covering the engraving you plan to do, but that's a good point! Just have to see how it turns out after welding and grinding. It's a nice simple project at least.