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Re: chrome plating

To: JNiolon@uss.com, shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: chrome plating
From: pethier@isd.net
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:09:41 -0500
>I have access to the commercial grade work and I could get some
>suspension parts plated really cheap.. but can it be made to look like show

>chrome ???

Hold the phone. Before you chrome-plate suspension parts, do you understand
the concept of hydrogen embrittlement?  I just want to make sure you know what
you are getting into.  I have personal experience with chromed mechanical parts
shattering like a shotglass, and would hate to see the same thing happen to
you.  Or is this a car that does not get actually driven?

Phil Ethier

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