I have heard that most of the "chrome" is really nickel, and the actual
chromium is a very thin layer on top.
Doug
--- On Sun, 6/14/09, Randall
<tr3driver@ca.rr.com> wrote:
> Sounds kind of haphazard. For a quality job,
there
> should actually be two
> separate layers of nickel, done under
slightly different
> conditions. I
> forget the details offhand, but it has
something to do with
> preventing
> dissimilar metal corrosion. Without the
two layers,
> the part is more apt to
> rust. Supposedly the nickel is what
provides the
> corrosion resistance and
> much of the 'shine', the chrome just
improves the
> appearance of the nickel
> and keeps it from tarnishing.
>
> >
Is there any good
> > way to tell the quality of a re-chroming job?
>
> Not
that I know of.
>
> Randall
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