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[Doug Braun]

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 at 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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