Originally Posted by
mschwett
time marches on, lessons are learned, progress is made. there are much more environmentally friendly alternatives to chroming these days, like PVD. you can already easily get your car's wheels PVD "chromed," if there is demand there will be plentiful ways to chrome whatever random bits one wants to...
physical vapor deposition - not everyone knows the acronyms. Pretty thin though- unclear of environmental durability.