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I'm not the best authority on this but I know that some old bikes were chromed all over the frames.
Whether or not the chromed surface underneath is as shiny as the stays is variable. I think on most cases where it is as shiny is for cromovelato type 'paintwork' where the frame is chrome plated all over and then has tinted clear coat applied to it. I'm fairly sure that this frame is not that (google cromovelato).
Often the chroming underneath the painted areas is duller than the on show sections.
Put well by @Scilly.Suffolk
Hope it's "show" chrome underneath the paint.
I stripped an Olagnero, only to find that the chrome was not to the same standard all over.
The rear triangle (which was originally on show) was much brighter than the chrome on the rest of the frame: the original preparation wasn't the same, so there was nothing that could be done about it.It was tried on here on a somec with a less than desirable outcome.
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Likely there is chrome under the paint, but it's not for show: the initial preparation isn't as thorough, so it will look rough and can't be polished up.
[F5 fail, HHC got it]
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Its possible the chrome ends a little way under the paint too.
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I have a question for you folk if I may; I have an old italian road bike frame (casati) upon which the paintwork is a shot. I can leave well enough alone and ignore (purist option) but I have another idea.
See attached pic/below for ref - the chrome elements on the frame seem to run under the painted bits and I can see (what looks like) chromed metal through some of the chips in the paint....
Is there a chrome baby under all this shot paintwork? and if so could I paint-strip back to a chrome frame underneath? or am I simply wrong about all this and the chromed bits are only in certain places.
I think I'm posting in the right place now