Chrome plating is hardly a matter of dipping a bumper into a tank filled with chemicals. It is a long, involved process that often starts with polishing and buffing, cleaning and acid dipping.

Chrome plating and Corvettes. For lovers of early Corvettes, chrome plating played a major role in the overall styling. From the famed tooth grille of the C1 Corvette to those final chrome bumpers of ...

Southern California has the nation’s highest concentration of chrome platers, the metal shops that dip car bumpers, plumbing fixtures, airplane parts and other products in large industrial tanks to ...