Robert J. Donahue wrote:
> This is costing $180. Is this reasonable? Was chrome plating always this
> expensive, or is this the doing of our arch enemy the EPA?
It was always expensive. The actual chroming is quick, it's
the polishing that is a lot of skilled manual labour.
Practical Classics had a good article on this the other month. It
was something like 12 steps to chroming, and the actual chrome was
something like step 11.
> BTW, where has the chrome gone on new cars? Nary a glimmer to be seen. Is this
> a styling thing or a cost thing?
Probably both. Cost and legislation made chrome a thing of
the past, and being a thing of the past, nobody wants to
try and market a new car with it.
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Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
tboicey@brit.ca
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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