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Pixie process for decorative chrome plating

I want to get information about pixie process which is used in decorative nickel chrome plating.

Muhammad Umair Khan
QC enigeer - Lahore, Pakistan
February 3, 2011

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Hi, Muhammad. I am not sure whether that term has any real meaning or not. On the one hand, the phrases "fufu juice" and "pixie dust" have long been used in derogatory fashion to refer to secret plating processes and materials of dubious value :-) On the other hand, when I was with Atotech, years ago, they offered a nickel-chrome plating process that included a step after nickel plating and before chrome plating where a special particulate was applied in order to produce microporous chrome plating for increased corrosion resistance. People called this "pixie dust" or "the pixie process". Sorry, but I don't know whether other plating process suppliers offered a similar process, nor whether Atotech or anyone else claimed a trademark for the process.

I would welcome enlightenment myself.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
February 3, 2011