Letter 37391

Year When Chrome Plating Became Widespread in US  

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What year did most US car and boat companies make the switch from using nickel to chrome?

Joseph Rogers
Hobbyist - Lyndeborough, NH, USA


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It began in 1928 (see "A History of Chromium Plating" by George Dubpernell, Plating & Surface Finishing, June 1984) but as a guess it probably took about a decade to become universal.


Ted Mooney, P.E. 
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey


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