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Chrome plating is a finishing treatment utilizing the electrolytic deposition of chromium. The most common form of chrome plating is the thin, decorative bright chrome, which is typically a 10-µm layer over an underlying nickel plate. When plating...

Nickel plating is a popular plating metal, especially because it’s useful in electroless plating. Nickel plating often coats household products such as doorknobs, cutlery and shower fixtures for enhanced decoration and wear resistance. Nickel...

Decorative chrome plating can be called "nickel-chrome plating" because it involves electroplating nickel onto the item before plating the chrome. Nickel plating provides the smoothness, much of the corrosion resistance, and most of the...

Metal polishing is typically a multi-stage process. The process starts with a rough abrasive and each following stage uses a finer abrasive until the desired finish is achieved. The rough abrasive removes surface defects like pits, nicks, lines and...