I have been advised that, in order to refurbish a worn hard chrome plating on a component, I will have to completely remove the old plating and re-deposit a new one (i.e. onto base material). Is there any reason why the existing Cr surface cannot be activated and plated onto?
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Refurbishment of hard chrome plating
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I can only suggest that 'mechanical keying' is the issue here gcb. Basically, chrome (as does any surface coating/treatment) likes a good base and will not tolerate contamination - adding chrome over an old or partly worn chromed surface will risk the new surface flaking off.
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