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.

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 ...

Chrome plating and Corvettes. For lovers of early Corvettes, chrome plating played a major role in the overall styling. From the famed tooth grille of the C1 Corvette to those final chrome bumpers of ...

Chromium is a hard and silvery metal that has historically been used as a decorative and protective element for automotive wheels and trim. Given that Chromium is the hardest metal on the periodic ...

Beijing, China--(Newsfile Corp. - October 26, 2024) - PROTO has launched a chrome plating service designed for automotive restoration and aftermarket customization. This new offering delivers quality ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The open hood of a Chevrolet Impala reveals a chrome-plated engine compartment at a Long Beach metal plating shop. (Luis Sinco / ...