Visiting a chrome plating shop conjures up images of giant buffing wheels, bubbling vats and parts dangling from wires, and while all of those things contribute to the overall process they are just ...

Hard chrome plating has been a reliable industry solution for erosion, wear, corrosion resistance and dimensional reclamation for several years. It can be applied at a practical cost per unit of ...

California air regulators voted Thursday to ban the use of a highly toxic metal for restoring classic car parts, protecting aviation components and producing a lustrous metallic finish for a variety ...

Classic car owners in Europe might want to start stockpiling bumpers grilles, hubcaps, wire wheels and exhaust tailpipe finishers. Why? Because if the EU gets its way the chrome that gives each their ...

Anthony Capretto is an automotive journalist at CarBuzz with a background in Media Communications and Film from the University of Pittsburgh. Since joining in 2022, he’s covered industry news, EV ...

The European Union (EU) has recently proposed a plan to ban the use of chrome plating materials from 2024. According to the EU, this proposal is necessary because of health reasons. The ban is ...

Plating on plastics (POP) has long been valued in the automotive industry for its ability to transform lightweight polymer parts into durable metallic finishes. Historically, these coatings were most ...

Since 1986, California has classified hexavalent chrome as a toxic air contaminant to which there is no safe level of exposure. Despite that, it remains the ingredient used in chrome plating, but ...