Re: [FWDLK] Chroming

[Terry & Andree Hoeman <tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually the chrome is just a flash over the nickel to keep it from
tarnishing.   You are really looking at the Nickel with a bit of additional
color added by putting the thin chrome on top of it.

MY luck with the so called Triple plating is to see it peel off the bumpers
I have had it on.  I believe the copper plating tanks are a bit more of an
EPA problem and this had helped minimize their use.

Korean chrome which is common in early 50s products was a situation where
the Chrome was needed for the "War" effort and not allowed on cars.  A
plastic coating of some sort was used on the nickel and leaves a much poorer
piece.   Nickel was thin also and the copper did seem to show in some cases.


----- Original Message -----
From: "bill g" <nilla6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Chroming


> My information is limited and not recent. Industrial nickel plating
> is used where corrosion is a problem (nuclear plants for example).
>
> Triple chrome plating, if still done, starts with a base of copper
> plating followed by nickel and then chrome. You have to be sure the
> chrome plating is thick enough or there may be an off color to it.
> As I understand it, this process has to do with adhesion of the
> plating. The nickel may be used to keep the copper color from showing.
>
> -bill grubbs
> '56 DeSoto Firedome
> Atlanta, GA
>
> At 12:42 PM 3/25/01 +0200, you wrote:
> >Hi guys,
> >I was offered different re-chroming process from two re-chroming shops
here
> >in France. One offered copper based chroming and the other bi-nickel
based
> >chroming. I have an idea that the copper based one is the best. Can
anyone
> >confirm ?
> >Vincent Van Humbeeck (France, 120 miles north of Paris)
> >'58 Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe
> >
> --------------
> '56 DeSoto facts:
> 0 to 60 (driver only) 10.1 seconds flat.
> 0 to 60 (driver and 7 other adults and 4 kids,
> a trunk full of luggage and towing a 36'
> camper) 10.1 seconds flat.