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Hours of salt spray test for automobile chrome plated components

I want to know time length of salt spray test for automobile chrome plated components. We are facing problems of corrosion on our motorcycle components.

Jameel Lakhani
Motorcycle Manufacturing - Karachi
2006

Salt spray is an accelerated corrosion test that at best is an indicator of real world performance.
You have a corrosion problem that needs fixing.
Do you have a nickel undercoat? If not, add one. If yes, make the coating a little thicker or preferably go to a duplex nickel coating. This may not be available in all areas of your country, but it is available from a few good vendors.
You might make your chrome a few percent thicker, but not much as it does not add a great deal to the corrosion resistance.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
2006

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