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Chrome coating visual finish concern

What will cause a hazing or cloudy appearance after chrome coat. The surface is polished prior to chrome coat and parts are ultrasonic cleaned.

TERRY FINCH
ENGINEER - Pierceton, Indiana, USA
December 22, 2010

Hi, Terry. Chrome and chrome-look finishes are applied to a huge variety of substrates in many different ways, and it isn't clear what you mean by "chrome coat". Are you speaking of nickel-chrome decorative electroplating of components? Is this a long-running successful process that has suddenly gone south, or a brand new startup? What are the operational parameters for the chrome electroplating bath? Thanks!

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
December 23, 2010

If it is chrome plate, the normal culprit is the wrong amperage vs the temperature. There is a parallelogram shaped curve for allowable T vs A.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
December 23, 2010

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