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We set ourselves apart with our proprietary chemistry that guarantees an Rc hardness of 70-72, with a semi-bright finish.
We use both manual and automated hard chrome plating equipment for our hard chrome plating projects. This allows us to plate single pieces, such as a one-piece salvage job, or plate a high volume of parts at once.
Your largest pieces are no problem with our manual line. We can process parts with diameters up to 55&#;, lengths up to 132&#; and weights up to pounds.
Increased hardness, increased wear resistance, reduced friction, protection from corrosion, and dimensional build-up make hard chrome plating an excellent choice for a wide variety of applications. Hard chrome can be applied in thicknesses ranging from .&#; to .070&#; on most metals including:
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What is hard chrome plating? Hard chrome plating is a form of electroplating, a process in which an electric current is applied to an object submerged in a metal ion solution. The electricity facilitates the conversion of the metal ions into solid metal atoms on the surface of the object. In hard chrome plating specifically, these metal ions are chromium.
The quality of chrome dipping or plating is crucial. If you use a low-quality chrome plating, the porosity or pinholes in the finished piece are worse than if no plating was used at all. This is because the underlying steel will rust. Poor-quality chrome plating that shows tiny rust spots when you purchase it is a defect, and you should return it.
When you hear the term &#;show chrome&#;, it means that the chrome is high-quality enough to be used on a car that is entered in a car show. Lovers of chrome believe that copper-plating the item first and buffing it to a full sheen before nickel-plating is the key.
High-quality plating jobs normally require your part to have two layers of nickel before the chrome is applied.
Salespeople may throw around terms like triple-chrome plating to mean that there are 3 layers of any type of plating. This simply is their effort to convince you to make a purchase and means very little.
Durable chrome plating meant for outdoor exposure should have a minimum of two layers of nickel plating before the chrome plating is applied. it should include a layer of semi-bright nickel that is followed by a layer of bright nickel because the bright nickel is anodic to semi-bright nickel, making it resist corrosion better. Chrysler developed a test that is used by large shops each day to make certain that the chrome plating has the correct protections. Restoration shops that only offer single-layer nickel plating must apply it in a very heavy layer in order to guarantee corrosion resistance.
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