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PVD technology in bathroom fixtures

I wanted to know, if PVD technology can be used for putting a thin transparent layer on electro plated or painted surface of bathroom fittings and fixtures to protect the surface from day to day scratches, etc.

Dinesh Agarwal
R.D.Sales Corporation - Delhi, Delhi, India
2003

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PVD coatings are used instead of clear finishes and paints. The surface is first coated with electroless nickel, for fill and corrosion protection. This may or may not be followed by a thin hexavalent chrome plate. The PVD coating goes on last. It wears very well, even though it is quite thin, though this has a lot to do with the plating layers. The most common coating is ZrN. By varying the N content, the color can be varied from brush nickel to gold and even brass.

Jim Treglio - scwineryreview.com
PVD Consultant & Wine Lover - San Diego,
California
2003

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Besides this ZrN PVD layers over Ni-Cr electroplated brass, you may also think as using conventional polished brass using not a varnish layer (then you will have VOC problems!) but also a fully PVD anti-scratch, protective transparent layer. It should work. We have started a R&D project on this problem.

Regards,

Vasco Teixeira
- Guimaraes, Portugal
2003

I need to know someone who does PVD jobwork. I need to get my staircase steel railing finished in antique bronze PVD finish. pref in north India. Thank you

Gaurav Jain
- New Delhi, India
June 1, 2009

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Hi, Gaurav. I think that you will find PVD to be totally prohibitive for one railing, and that your options are to paint it or replace it.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
June 2, 2009