Chroming is a lot more complicated than that, you have to polish the metal up to a mirror finish(ideally) before chroming. Difficult & very expensive to restore old parts like that.
When I had my forks chromed I had to remove the old paint and get them back to the bare metal without any blemishes.
When I had my forks chromed I had to remove the old paint and get them back to the bare metal without any blemishes.