Chrome on aluminum; The pros & cons

[Bright-Lee]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>On another issue: how does "black chroming" differ to normal chroming <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry it took a while for me to get to your answer.
It’s my understanding that black chrome is very much like hard chrome and is applied the same as chrome. Hard chrome is the 3rd and final coat of what most people in the biz refer to as “show chrome” or “triple plate” (copper, nickel, chrome).
By itself, hard chrome is not very shiny, unless polishing is performed before and after plating.

Anyways, back to the black,
Here is a page from one of my plating manuals that might help.