The catch is the parts must be annealed (baked) IMMEDIATELY after chrome
plating, or the damage is done. Unless you can trust your plating shop not
to let the parts sit overnight and bake them in the morning, I'd avoid the
chrome. Eastwood makes a good black chassis paint for this purpose. It
holds up well, I'm told.
Brian Evans wrote:
>
> I'm told that the hydrogen embrittlement problem can be eliminated by
> baking the parts directly after the plating is complete. Nickle plating
> has no long term effects that I'm aware of.
>
> Brian
>
> At 01:24 PM 03/28/2000 -0500, Derek Harling wrote:
> >Joseph
> >
> >That's worth framing . . . .
> >
> >Joseph_Chimbolo@hyperion.com wrote:
> >
> > > Chrome plated suspension parts look good on a race car -
> > > but not so good on a crumpled car in the armco after a failure.
> >
> >Derek
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