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Year When Chrome Plating Became Widespread in US

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

Joseph Rogers
Hobbyist - Lyndeborough, NH, USA
2005

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.

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August 21, 2010

I had heard rumors that chromium plating was developed at the University of New Hampshire before 1920, but was not patented because they did not anticipate a lucritive use for it. I was googling info about this when I found your site...?

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- Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2005

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