You are reading a single comment by @Mc_Nebula and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@Mc_Nebula
Correct. Chrome doesn't bond to steel very well unless it is very think (thousanths of an inch), and naturally, nickel, which bonds to steel and chrome isn't very self leveling. Thus, steel is copper plated, buffed smooth, then nickel plated, and buffed again to achieve a flat surface. Chrome is then electroplated on, and buffed. The other two metals give a flatter, deeper finish. The triple plate coatings tend to only be millionths of an inch thick, whilst being deeper, smoother and more hard wearing than industrial (hard) plating.
Just like the rest of the forum, AFAIK, just Hippy and VB. Why?