HHmmm... you've got me wondering here....
if proper chrome work is copper plate, then nickel,
then chrome, how would the chrome 'embittle' the base
metal..in this case the metal of a rollbar.
The only thing the chrome would be touching is the nickel
sub plate.
Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>
To: "Eric" <eric@erickson.on.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: Chrome roll bar question
> Not to mention that you have to be very careful when chrome plating things
> not to make the material so brittle that it destroys the structural
strength
> of the base metal. Any chrome plating will cause some hydrogen
> embrittlement to the base metal, but very few platers know enough to do it
> with the minimal evasiveness. For that reason, I doubt you could ever
pass
> a chromed roll bar through a real racing safety inspection.
>
> James Nazarian
> 71 MGB Tourer
> 71 MGBGT V8
> 85 Dodge Ram
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric" <eric@erickson.on.net>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 5:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Chrome roll bar question
>
>
> >> But the functional rollbar doesn't look very attractive and would
> > probably look even worse chromed rather than flat black (far too much
> > metal involved, back-stays, diagonal cross-brace etc.).
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