MaverickPT wrote:Hi!!
Im starting the cabinet and castings too.
I often see guys restoring their achines with chrome on castings, looks good. Polishing tends to oxydate after a few months right?
thanks again
By No Means chrome plate the castings on you Caille, if you care anything about originality. They were never done that way, and
will look like total Crap. Many so-called restorers, will chrome plate castings, because they like "Over-Done GLITZ". Maybe it turns
them on, but most collectors do not do it. The machines that were originally plated, were mostly the early cast iron versions, and
they were plated in Watts Nickle, aka cold nickle. The newer type Nickle, aka hot nickle, is the type that will tarnish & oxidize
more quickly than anything, if not kept after, with a good coat of polish wax. The biggest problem now-a-days, is that there are
not many plating shops around that do Watts Nickle. Some of the newer shops, don't even know what it is, (or was).
There were also some trade stimulator manufacterers, that nickle plated some aluminum-case models. Namely Buckley, and Exhibit,
in which the plating may have looked great when first done, but haven't held up very well over the years. Many of the ones that I have
had, lost their luster, and became blotchy. Many aluminum casting slot machine models were not even highly polished when new, they
either had a light sheen, or sometimes nothing.
As far as polished aluminum castings go, they do tend to loose their brightness over time, but what I have noticed, is all the machines
that I have polished during restoration, have toned-down over the years, and really look more like original NOS, rather than restored.
To me, this is a plus. In fact, I have 'excellent originals' next to restored, and they all blend-in nicely.
Good luck with your restoration. You have found an odd-ball, and interesting Caille model, that will be a highlight in your collection.
Hope to see some great photos of the finished project.
Bill