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Chrome Plate - "Frosty"

Per BAC 5709, 11.2.b Chrome plating shall be free from "Frosty" areas. What does this look like and what are the causes?

Terrance M. Curtain
- Cleveland, Ohio
2003

Frosty looks like a frosted glass or a barely frosted glass. Cause is the wrong amperage for the tank/part temperature or the chemistry out of balance (Chrome-sulphate ratio).

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
2003

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