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Increasing of Trivalent in hard chrome

Could the use of Benzine in a hard chrome plating shop increase the trivalent content of a bath?

Debbie Lancaster
supplier - South Africa
March 2, 2011

A touch of plain white sugar is a much safer way to do the same thing. Just go slow as it does not take much.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
First of two simultaneous responses -- March 3, 2011

Yes it would, I know of a jobbing plating shop that used to add the occasional dead rat for the same purpose!
A bag of sugar is another ad-hoc addition that also does the job.

Mark Lees
- Isle of Man Great Britain
Second of two simultaneous responses -- March 4, 2011

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