good work nic,yeah polished alloy looks best,,its a labour of love though for the rest of the time you own it,yeah if you can organise the de chrome then do your own prep with the chromer youll save much money,,they have to obey so many epa rules and regs etc which is also expensive,factory chrome is thin and hap hazard,with minimal hand prep.,youve done bloody well mate!all that elbow grease has paid off.
just out of interest we did a few bins for a chrome place that has to have its tanks de sludged,,all the crud gets ph treated and certified etc by some company,,we did i think four three cubic metre bins for them and the process cost them 25,000!!that gets done every few years,our bins price at the time was about 150 bucks,,we were busy and didnt empty one of the bins straight away but sat it at our yard,,whoa,,after a day or two all this green copper sulphate looking ooze was coming out of the rain drain holes,those bins then rusted quickly after that.
