1970 Chevelle valve covers

[CamarosRus]

I recently picked up my next botched chrome plating job.
Brought local shop 70 LS-6/L-78 valve covers with light/medium surface rust. Asked if they could strip and replicate the factory flash chrome look. They agreed and said they would nickel and chrome plate w/o the usual copper and show polishing. Not sure where, why or how these misscomunications, missunderstandings happen......but shop stripped chrome sandblasted surface and plated over the "rough" surface. Looks very industrial and NOT usable on anything that would be called a restoration. I paid $100 for this exercise in futility. Same shop also could not replate 70 Camaro R/S grill surround, and left me with another incomplete mess..........
Thanks for allowing me to vent !!!!!!!!!!!