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Year When Chrome Plating Became Widespread in US
What year did most US car and boat companies make the switch from using nickel to chrome?
Joseph RogersHobbyist - Lyndeborough, NH, USA
2005
It began in 1928 (see "A History of Chromium Plating" by George Dubpernell, Plating & Surface Finishing, June 1984) but as a guess it probably took about a decade to become universal.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
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finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
August 21, 2010
I had heard rumors that chromium plating was developed at the University of New Hampshire before 1920, but was not patented because they did not anticipate a lucritive use for it. I was googling info about this when I found your site...?
Janet Hammond- Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2005
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