Chrome plating is hardly a matter of dipping a bumper into a tank filled with chemicals. It is a long, involved process that often starts with polishing and buffing, cleaning and acid dipping.
California could ban chrome plating commonly used to restore classic cars and provide protective coating for industrial parts. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) For decades, hexavalent chromium has ...
There are few things that can impact the look of your truck like chrome plating. That touch of sparkling eye candy add appeal to any hauler be it restored, customized or hot rodded. But just like the ...
Southern California has the nation’s highest concentration of chrome platers, the metal shops that dip car bumpers, plumbing fixtures, airplane parts and other products in large industrial tanks to ...
California air regulators voted Thursday to ban the use of a highly toxic metal for restoring classic car parts, protecting aviation components and producing a lustrous metallic finish for a variety ...
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Why Is Chrome So Expensive?
The understanding of chromium, and the processes that allow for the chrome plating on our cars, are relatively recent developments. Chromium minerals had been used in various paints in 18th-century ...
The badge of a customized Chevrolet Impala at a metal plating shop in Long Beach. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Southern California has the nation’s highest concentration of chrome platers, the ...
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